洮

洮	U+6D2E, 洮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D2E

← 洭
[U+6D2D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

洯 →
[U+6D2F]

Translingual

Han character

洮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水中一人 (ELMO), four-corner 3211₃, composition ⿰氵兆)

cleanse
name of a river in Gansu province (Tao River)
Tao town

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17408
Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1613, character 1
Unihan data for U+6D2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): táo (tao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao²
  - Yale: táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
  - Palladius: тао (tao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tou⁴
  - Yale: tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: yew, thaw

Rime
Character	洮	洮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	餘昭切	土刀切
Baxter	yew	thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	tāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu⁴	tou¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːw/, /*l'aːw/, /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洮	洮	洮
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	16843	16846	16866
Phonetic component	兆	兆	兆
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	饕	陶	遙
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːw/	/*l'aːw/	/*lew/
Notes		淅

Definitions

洮

(Classical) to wash one’s hands and face
Taohe River

Compounds

洮頮 / 洮颒 (táohuì)

Japanese

Kanji

洮

(Hyōgai kanji)

cleanse
a river in Gansu province, a tributary of the Yellow River

Readings

Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}、どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese. Not listed in most Japanese references.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The character is listed in the Kanwa Dai Jisho of 1914,^[6] only giving on'yomi pronunciations, and the given citations are all from Chinese texts interpreted into Japanese using the 漢文訓読 (kanbun kundoku) method.

Compounds

洮(とう)汰(た) (tōta) (淘(とう)汰(た))
洮(とう)米(まい) (tōmai)

References

^ “洮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
^ “洮”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “洮”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1269 (paper), page 685 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

洮 (eum 도 (do))

cleanse
river in Gansu province

Vietnamese

Han character

洮: Hán Nôm readings: rệu

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[KP-1] “洮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[KDJ2-2] “洮”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-3] “洮”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-5] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[Kanwa-6] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1269 (paper), page 685 (digital)

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