# 幬

| 幬 | U+5E6C, &#24172; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E6C |
| ← 幫 [U+5E6B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 幭 → [U+5E6D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

幬 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中月土弓戈 (LBGNI), four-corner 4424$_1$, composition ⿰巾壽)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 338, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9127
* Dae Jaweon: page 644, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 757, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5E6C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 禱 | *tuːʔ, *tuːs |
| 擣 | *tuːʔ |
| 檮 | *tuːʔ, *duː, *du |
| 壔 | *tuːʔ |
| 懤 | *tuːʔ, *du, *dus |
| 濤 | *duː, *duː |
| 燾 | *duː, *duːs |
| 翿 | *duː, *duːs |
| 幬 | *duːs, *du |
| 儔 | *duːs, *du |
| 譸 | *tu |
| 籌 | *du |
| 疇 | *du |
| 躊 | *du |
| 燽 | *du |
| 薵 | *du |
| 魗 | *tʰjuʔ, *dju |
| 醻 | *dju |
| 壽 | *djuʔ, *djus |
| 璹 | *djuʔ, *djuɡ |
| 鑄 | *tjos |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chóu (chou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^2$
*** Yale: chóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
*** Palladius: чоу (čou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^4$
*** Yale: chàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: drjuw
Rime :
| Character | 幬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直由切 |
| Baxter | drjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*du/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 幬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11701 |
| Phonetic component | 壽 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儔 |
| Old Chinese | /*du/ |

#### Definitions

幬
* (literary) bed curtain; mosquito net
* (literary) carriage curtain
* (literary) leather hubcap

#### Compounds

* 同衾幬／同衾帱

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dào (dao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dou$^6$ / tou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dào
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dào
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^4$
*** Yale: dàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
*** Palladius: дао (dao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^6$ / tou$^4$
*** Yale: douh / tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^6$ / tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^6$ / tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯²²/, /tʰou̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dawH
Rime :
| Character | 幬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒到切 |
| Baxter | dawH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*duːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 幬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11689 |
| Phonetic component | 壽 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 導 |
| Old Chinese | /*duːs/ |

#### Definitions

幬
* (literary, alt. form 燾／焘) to cover
* (literary) cover; shroud

#### Compounds

* 覆幬／覆帱

### References

* “幬”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cover up
* curtain

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、じゅ (ju)、とう (tō)、どう (dō)
* Kun: とばり (tobari)

## Korean
### Hanja

幬 (eum 주 (ju))
* curtain
* to cover

## Vietnamese
### Han character

幬: Hán Nôm readings: đáo, trù
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#### References

* Nom Foundation