# 洮

| 洮 | U+6D2E, &#27950; 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 3211$_3$, 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
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táo (tao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táo
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táo
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^2$
*** Yale: táu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
*** Palladius: тао (tao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$
*** Yale: tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | jiu$^4$ | tou$^1$ |
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cleanse
* a river in Gansu province, a tributary of the Yellow River

#### Readings

* Go-on: とう (tō)、どう (dō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)

#### Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese. Not listed in most Japanese references.
The character is listed in the Kanwa Dai Jisho of 1914, 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]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ “洮”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “洮”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (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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