妬

See also: 妒

妬 U+59AC, 妬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59AC ← 妫 [U+59AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 妭 → [U+59AD]

Translingual

Japanese	妬
Simplified	妒
Traditional	妒

Han character

妬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 女一口 (VMR), four-corner 4146₂, composition ⿰女石)

Derived characters

• 𠊜, 𣔧, 𪥾, 𦲼, 𥯉, 𪦆

Related characters

• 妒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6121
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1035, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59AC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (石) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
柘	*tjaɡs
妬	*taːɡs
蠹	*taːɡs
沰	*taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ
拓	*tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ
橐	*tʰaːɡ
袥	*tʰaːɡ
驝	*tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ
斫	*tjaɡ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
磔	*rtaːɡ
跖	*tjaɡ
石	*djaɡ
碩	*djaɡ
祏	*djaɡ
鉐	*djaɡ
鼫	*djaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *taːɡs): semantic 女 + phonetic 石 (OC *djaɡ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 妬 – see 妒 (“to be jealous of her husband or another woman; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 妒).

Japanese

Kanji

妬

(Jōyō kanji)

1. jealousy; envy

Readings

• Kan-on: と (to, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu, 妬む, Jōyō)、そねむ (sonemu, 妬む)、つもる (tsumoru, 妬る)、ふさぐ (fusagu, 妬ぐ)

Korean

Alternative forms

• 妒

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 妒 (MC tuH).

Hanja

妬 (eumhun 샘낼 투 (saemnael tu))

1. hanja form^? of 투 (“to envy”)

Compounds

• 질투 (嫉妬, jiltu)
• 투기 (妬忌, tugi)
• 투심 (妬心, tusim)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

妬: Hán Việt readings: đố
妬: Nôm readings: đó, đố, đú

1. chữ Nôm form of đó (“that place over there; that person/thing over there”)
2. chữ Nôm form of đố (“to pose a riddle or a quiz; to challenge; to defy”)