# 橢

| 橢 | U+6A62, &#27234; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A62 |
| ← 橡 [U+6A61] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 橣 → [U+6A63] |

## Translingual
### Han character

橢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木弓中月 (DNLB), four-corner 4492$_7$, composition ⿰木隋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 554, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15565
* Dae Jaweon: page 943, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1285, character 7
* Unihan data for U+6A62

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 橢
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 鬌 | *ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol |
| 隋 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol |
| 墮 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol |
| 媠 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls |
| 橢 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ |
| 嫷 | *l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ |
| 毻 | *l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds |
| 堶 | *l'oːl |
| 憜 | *l'oːlʔ |
| 惰 | *l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls |
| 嶞 | *l'oːlʔ |
| 髓 | *slolʔ |
| 瀡 | *slolʔ, *slols |
| 隨 | *ljol |
| 隓 | *hlol |
| 隳 | *hlol |
| 撱 | *lolʔ |

### Etymology

May be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”); see 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”) for more (STEDT).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tuǒ (tuo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): to$^5$ / to$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thó / thò
    (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^2$
* 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/
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó / thò
*** Tâi-lô: thó / thò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toir, toix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³/, /tʰo²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰo⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³/, /tʰo²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³/, /tʰo¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹/, /tʰɤ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: to$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thó
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: thwaX
Rime :
| Character | 橢 |
| 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): /*l̥ˤojʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰoːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 橢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tuǒ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thwa$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁojʔ/ |
| English | oval |
| 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 | 橢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5419 |
| Phonetic component | 隓 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 妥 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰoːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

橢
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) oval-shaped container
* long and narrow; oval-shaped; elliptical
    橢圓／椭圆 ― tuǒyuán ― ellipse; oval shape

#### Compounds

* 橢圓 / 椭圆 (tuǒyuán)
* 橢圓形 / 椭圆形 (tuǒyuánxíng)
* 橢圓星系 / 椭圆星系 (tuǒyuán xīngxì)
* 橢圓規 / 椭圆规
* 橢圓體 / 椭圆体
* 橢球 / 椭球
* 橢球面 / 椭球面
* 橢球體 / 椭球体

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duǒ (duo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duǒ
*** Wade–Giles: to$^3$
*** Yale: dwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoo
*** Palladius: до (do)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

橢
* Only used in 科橢／科椭.

### References

* “橢”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: た (ta)
* Kan-on: た (ta)
* Kan’yō-on: だ (da)
* Kun: こばんが (kobanga)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

橢: Hán Nôm readings: thỏa/thoả, thõa/thoã
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#### References

* Nom Foundation