# 逗

| 逗 | U+9017, &#36887; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9017 |
| ← 逖 [U+9016] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 逘 → [U+9018] |

## Translingual
### Han character

逗 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜一口廿 (YMRT), four-corner 3130$_1$, composition ⿺辶豆)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38887
* Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3838, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9017

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侸 | *toː |
| 剅 | *toː, *roː |
| 郖 | *toː, *doːs |
| 鬪 | *toːs |
| 鋀 | *tʰoː |
| 頭 | *doː |
| 豆 | *doːs |
| 逗 | *doːs, *dos |
| 痘 | *doːs |
| 梪 | *doːs |
| 脰 | *doːs |
| 荳 | *doːs |
| 浢 | *doːs |
| 餖 | *doːs |
| 毭 | *doːs |
| 豎 | *djoʔ |
| 裋 | *djoʔ |
| 短 | *toːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːs, *dos) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs).

### Etymology
#### “to stay; to remain; to stop”

    Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *du (“dwell, stay, sit”) (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dòu (dou$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dou$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dau$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāu / tiō / tō͘ / tùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dou$^3$ / dao$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
*** Wade–Giles: tou$^4$
*** Yale: dòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
*** Palladius: доу (dou)
*** Sinological IPA : /toʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dou$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dou
*** Sinological IPA : /təu²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dau$^6$
*** Yale: dauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu
*** Tâi-lô: tāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dau
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tau²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō
*** Tâi-lô: tiō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dioi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘
*** Tâi-lô: tōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: do
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi
*** Tâi-lô: tuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: duix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹/
* tāu - vernacular;
* tiō/tō͘ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: drjuH, duwH
Rime :
| Character | 逗 | 逗 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 持遇切 | 田候切 |
| Baxter | drjuH | duwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨo$^H$/ | /dəu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖio$^H$/ | /dəu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡio$^H$/ | /dəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuə̆$^H$/ | /dəw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡio$^H$/ | /du$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭu$^H$/ | /dəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯u$^H$/ | /dʱə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhù | dòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^6$ | dau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*doːs/, /*dos/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 逗 | 逗 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2467 | 2477 |
| Phonetic component | 豆 | 豆 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 住 |
| Old Chinese | /*doːs/ | /*dos/ |

### Definitions

逗
* to amuse; to tease
* funny; ridiculous; amusing
* to tempt; to allure
* (chiefly in the negative) to play around
* to stay; to remain; to stop
* Alternative form of 讀／读 (dòu, “short pause in reading; part of a sentence; clause”)

#### Synonyms

* (to amuse):
* 作弄 (zuònòng)
* 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
* 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
* 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
* 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
* 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
* 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
* 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
* 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
* 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
* 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
* 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
* 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
* 取笑 (qǔxiào)
* 呾笑話／呾笑话 (dan$^3$ cio$^3$ uê$^7$) (Teochew)
* 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
* 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
* 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
* 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
* 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
* 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
* 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
* 奚落 (xīluò)
* 尋開心／寻开心 (Wu)
* 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
* 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
* 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
* 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
* 挖苦 (wākǔ)
* 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
* 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
* 撩 (Hakka)
* 撚化 (nan$^2$ faa$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
* 擺弄／摆弄
* 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
* 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
* 𤊶人 (Hakka)
* 玩 (colloquial)
* 玩弄
* 笑 (xiào)
* 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
* 耍 (shuǎ)
* 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
* 耍忽 (sua$^2$ huah$^4$) (Jin)
* 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
* 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
* 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
* 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
* 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
* 諦／谛 (dai$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
* 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
* 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
* 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
* 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
* 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
* 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
* 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
* 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
* 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
* 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
* 𧮙 (Wu)
* 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
* 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
* 逗弄
* 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
* 酸笑 (Hokkien)
* 鈍／钝 (Wu)
* 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
* 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
* 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
* 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)
* (funny):
* 咧斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 扎勁 ($^7$tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
* 有味 (yǒuwèi)
* 有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
* 有趣 (yǒuqù)
* 生趣 (Hakka)
* 趣味 (chhù-bī) (Hokkien, Teochew)
* (to tempt):
* 勾
* 吸 (xī)
* 吸引 (xīyǐn)
* 抓 (zhuā)
* 招引 (zhāoyǐn)
* 誘惑／诱惑 (yòuhuò)
* (to stay):
* 停 (tíng)
* 停留 (tíngliú)
* 勾留 (gōuliú)
* 盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán)
* 蹲 (figurative)
* 逗留 (dòuliú)
* 逋留 (būliú) (literary)
* 駐／驻 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 駐留／驻留 (zhùliú)

#### Compounds

* 引逗 (yǐndòu)
* 拖逗 (tuōdòu)
* 挑逗 (tiǎodòu)
* 搬逗
* 撩逗
* 漏逗
* 秀逗
* 說學逗唱／说学逗唱 (shuōxuédòuchàng)
* 調逗／调逗
* 迆逗
* 逗人
* 逗哏
* 逗嘴皮子
* 逗弄
* 逗引 (dòuyǐn)
* 逗悶子／逗闷子
* 逗攏／逗拢
* 逗樂／逗乐 (dòulè)
* 逗橈／逗桡
* 逗氣／逗气
* 逗留 (dòuliú)
* 逗笑 (dòuxiào)
* 逗號／逗号 (dòuhào)
* 逗趣 (dòuqù)
* 逗遛 (dòuliú)
* 逗陣／逗阵
* 逗音
* 逗點／逗点 (dòudiǎn)

### References

* “逗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ず (zu)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)
* Kun: とどまる (todomaru)

## Korean
### Hanja

逗 • (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune–Reischauer tu, Yale twu)
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