赤道

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (赤道)		赤	道
simp. ^#(赤道)		赤	道

Etymology

“celestial equator”: From the convention in Chinese astronomy to use a red line for the equator. See also 黃道／黄道 (huángdào) and 白道 (báidào).
“equator”: New meaning by Matteo Ricci. (Huang, 2003)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìdào

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ dou⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhak-tho

(Hailu, HRS): chag to^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): chék-dô̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-tō / chhiah-tǒ͘ / chhek-tō / chhiak-tǒ͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciah⁴ dao⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tshaq-dau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chìdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chìhdào
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-tao⁴
  - Yale: chr̀-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhdaw
  - Palladius: чидао (čidao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cek³ dou⁶
  - Yale: chek douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tou̯²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    尺度
    赤道
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhak-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: cag^ˋ to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cag⁵ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚² tʰo⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chag to^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰak⁵⁻² tʰo³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chék-dô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahdoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-tǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-tǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ tɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tshik-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhekdoi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ to²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ to²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak-tǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshiak-tǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciah⁴ dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiah tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaʔ²⁻⁴ tau³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tshaq-dau
  - MiniDict: tshah^入 dau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshaq-dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰaʔ³³ dɔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyhek dawX

Rime
Character	赤	道
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	昌石切	徒晧切
Baxter	tsyhek	dawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/	/dɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/dɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/	/dɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/	/daw^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/dɑu^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/	/dɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/	/dʱɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik¹	dou⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[t-qʰ](r)Ak [kə.l]ˤuʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰljaɡ l'uːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	赤	道
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chì	dào
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhek ›	‹ daw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[t-qʰ](r)Ak/	/*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/
English	red	way
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	赤	道
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1477	11669
Phonetic component	赤	首
Rime group	鐸	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	尺	道
Old Chinese	/*kʰljaɡ/	/*l'uːʔ/

Noun

赤道

(astronomy) celestial equator
(geography) equator

Derived terms

北赤道海流
赤道儀 / 赤道仪
赤道幾內亞 / 赤道几内亚
赤道幾內亞共和國 / 赤道几内亚共和国
赤道洋流
赤道無風帶 / 赤道无风带
赤道群島 / 赤道群岛
赤道雨林
赤道雨林氣候 / 赤道雨林气候
赤道非洲
赤道面

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (赤道):

→ Japanese: 赤道(せきどう) (sekidō)
→ Korean: 적도(赤道) (jeokdo)
→ Vietnamese: xích đạo (赤道)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	道
せき Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せきどー [sèkídóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞kʲido̞ː]

Noun

赤(せき)道(どう) • (sekidō)

(geography) equator

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

天(てん)の赤(せき)道(どう) (tennosekidō, “celestial equator”)

Related terms

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	道

Noun

赤道 • (jeokdo) (hangeul 적도)

hanja form^? of 적도 (“equator”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
赤	道

Noun

赤道

chữ Hán form of xích đạo (“equator”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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