# 妥

| 妥 | U+59A5, &#22949; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59A5 |
| ← 妤 [U+59A4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 妦 → [U+59A6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月女 (BV), four-corner 2040$_4$, composition ⿱爫女)
* satisfactory, appropriate

#### Derived characters

* 俀 哸 娞 㞂 㟎 𢚶 挼 浽 䧌 桵 㱣 脮 䅑 綏(绥) 𨁡 鋖 鞖 餒(馁) 骽 鮾 𧞥
* 㼏 鵎 荽

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6107
* Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1032, character 2
* Unihan data for U+59A5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妥 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 妥 | *n̥ʰoːlʔ |
| 鵎 | *n̥ʰoːlʔ |
| 挼 | *noːl, *snuːl |
| 骽 | *n̥ʰuːlʔ |
| 脮 | *n̥ʰuːlʔ, *nuːlʔ |
| 餒 | *nuːlʔ |
| 浽 | *nuːlʔ, *snul |
| 娞 | *nuːlʔ |
| 鮾 | *nuːlʔ |
| 綏 | *snul |
| 荽 | *snul |
| 鋖 | *snɯl |
| 桵 | *njul |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 爪 (“hand”) + 女 (“woman”) – to comfort, to placate. Original form of 綏 (OC *snul).
Compare 孚.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tuǒ (tuo$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): to$^5$ / to$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): to$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thó
    (Meixian, Guangdong): to$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tue$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): tǒ̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): tuō
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘ / thó / thò
    (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): to$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$thu / $^3$thou / $^3$tho
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): to$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: tʻo$^3$
*** Yale: twǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo
*** Palladius: то (to)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: to$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: to
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: to$^5$ / to$^2$
*** Yale: tóh / tó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: to$^5$ / to$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: to$^5$ / to$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔː¹³/, /tʰɔː³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔ²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: to$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: to$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tue$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuɤ⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǒ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tuō
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰuo³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘
*** Tâi-lô: thóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tor
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó
*** Tâi-lô: thó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toir
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò
*** Tâi-lô: thò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toix
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹/
* thó͘/thó - literary;
* thò - vernacular (俗).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit妥 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tʰuo²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /tʰuo²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /tʰuo¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /tʰuə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʰuə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /tʰuo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /tʰuo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /tʰu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /tʰuə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /tʰuə⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /tʰuɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /tʰuo⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /tʰo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /tʰo⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /tʰo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /tʰo²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /tʰʊ²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tʰuɤ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /tʰuə⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /tʰuɤ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /tʰu³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /tʰəu⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /tʰo⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /tʰɤu³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /tʰo³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /tʰo³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tʰo⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /tʰo⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tʰo²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tʰo³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʰo¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tʰɔ²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tʰɔ³⁵/ /tʰɔ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tʰɔ¹³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /to⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tʰo³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰɔ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰo⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ho³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: thwaX
Rime :
| Character | 妥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 他果切 |
| Baxter | thwaX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰuɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰuɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰuɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰuɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰuɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰuɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tuǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | to$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥ˤojʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰoːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 妥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tuǒ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thwa$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*n̥ˁojʔ/ |
| English | at ease |
| 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 | 妥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12585 |
| Phonetic component | 妥 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 妥 |
| Old Chinese | /*n̥ʰoːlʔ/ |
| Notes | 金文通蕤賓之蕤 |

### Definitions

妥
* appropriate; suitable; proper
* finished; settled; ready
* (archaic) to sit still; to sit peacefully
* (literary) secure; stable; smooth
* (literary) to drop; to fall; to hang down
* (Cantonese, transitive, chiefly in the negative) to welcome; to like
    唔妥 [Cantonese] ― m$^4$ to$^5$ [Jyutping] ― to resent
* a surname, Tuo

#### Synonyms

* (appropriate):
* 一定 (yīdìng)
* 停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng)
* 允 (literary, or in compounds)
* 允當 / 允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
* 剛好 / 刚好 (gānghǎo)
* 合宜 (héyí)
* 合手 (héshǒu)
* 合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
* 合適 / 合适 (héshì)
* 啱 (ngaam$^1$) (Cantonese, Hakka)
* 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
* 妥實 / 妥实 (tuǒshí)
* 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
* 妥當 / 妥当
* 安帖 (āntiē)
* 定當 / 定当 (dìngdàng)
* 對勁 / 对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
* 對路 / 对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
* 對頭 / 对头
* 得宜 (déyí) (literary)
* 得當 / 得当 (dédàng)
* 得體 / 得体 (détǐ)
* 恰當 / 恰当 (qiàdàng)
* 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
* 拄好 (Hokkien)
* 的當 / 的当 (dídàng)
* 相宜 (xiāngyí)
* 相當 / 相当 (xiāngdāng)
* 耐 (literary)
* 貼切 / 贴切 (tiēqiè)
* 適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
* 適宜 / 适宜 (shìyí)
* 適用 / 适用 (shìyòng)
* 適當 / 适当 (shìdàng)
* 適量 / 适量 (shìliàng)
* 配合
* (finished):
* 了當 / 了当 (liǎodàng)
* 俱備 / 俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
* 全 (quán)
* 全備 / 全备 (quánbèi)
* 全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
* 加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 十足 (shízú)
* 囫圇 / 囫囵 (húlún)
* 囫圇個 / 囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial)
* 完 (wán)
* 完備 / 完备 (wánbèi)
* 完全 (wánquán)
* 完具 (wánjù) (literary)
* 完整 (wánzhěng)
* 實足 / 实足 (shízú)
* 掃 / 扫 (literary, or in compounds)
* 整 (zhěng)
* 整個 / 整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive)
* 整齊 / 整齐 (zhěngqí)
* 渾然 / 浑然 (húnrán)
* 滿 / 满 (mǎn)
* 齊備 / 齐备 (qíbèi)
* 齊備 / 齐备 (chiâu-pī) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 齊全 / 齐全 (chiâu-chn̂g) (Hokkien)
* 齊全 / 齐全 (qíquán)

### Compounds

* 不妥 (bùtuǒ)
* 停妥
* 備妥 / 备妥
* 千妥萬妥 / 千妥万妥
* 千妥萬當 / 千妥万当
* 妥切
* 妥協 / 妥协 (tuǒxié)
* 妥員 / 妥员
* 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
* 妥妥貼貼 / 妥妥贴贴
* 妥實 / 妥实 (tuǒshí)
* 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
* 妥洽
* 妥當 / 妥当
* 妥當人 / 妥当人
* 妥貼 / 妥贴 (tuǒtiē)
* 妥靠
* 威妥瑪式 / 威妥玛式
* 安妥 (āntuǒ)
* 平妥
* 挺妥
* 搞妥
* 擬妥 / 拟妥
* 未妥
* 欠妥 (qiàntuǒ)
* 穩妥 / 稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
* 談妥 / 谈妥 (tántuǒ)
* 辦妥 / 办妥 (bàntuǒ)

### References

* “妥”, 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

| Shinjitai | 妥 |
| Kyūjitai | 妥󠄁 妥+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 妥󠄃 妥+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* gentle

#### Readings

* Go-on: た (ta)
* Kan-on: た (ta)
* Kan’yō-on: だ (da, Jōyō)
* Kun: おだやか (odayaka, 妥やか)
* Nanori: やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 621 (paper), page 360 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

妥 (eum 타 (ta))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

妥: Hán Nôm readings: thỏa/thoả, thõa/thoã
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