# 掏

| 掏 | U+638F, &#25487; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-638F |
| ← 掎 [U+638E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掐 → [U+6390] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掏 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手心人山 (QPOU), four-corner 5702$_0$, composition ⿰扌匋)
* take out
* pull out
* clean out

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12251
* Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1902, character 6
* Unihan data for U+638F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 掏 | *l̥ʰuː, *l'uː |
| 蜪 | *l̥ʰuː, *l'uː |
| 陶 | *bl'uː, *luː |
| 萄 | *l'uː |
| 啕 | *l'uː |
| 淘 | *l'uː |
| 騊 | *l'uː |
| 匋 | *bl'uː |
| 祹 | *l'uː |
| 綯 | *l'uː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰuː, *l'uː): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 匋 (OC *bl'uː).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tāo (tao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^4$ / tou$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dò̤
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tho͘ / tho
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tao
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^1$
*** Yale: tāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
*** Palladius: тао (tao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$ / tou$^1$
*** Yale: tòuh / tōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$ / tou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$ / tou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯²¹/, /tʰou̯⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /to⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘
*** Tâi-lô: thoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho
*** Tâi-lô: tho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: daw
Rime :
| Character | 掏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒刀切 |
| Baxter | daw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daw/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | táo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuː/, /*l'uː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 掏 | 掏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12361 | 12367 |
| Phonetic component | 匋 | 匋 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饕 | 陶 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰuː/ | /*l'uː/ |
| Notes | 同搯見通俗文 | |

### Definitions

掏
* to take out
* to fish out (from a bag or pocket)
    把錢包掏出來／把钱包掏出来 ― bǎ qiánbāo tāo chūlái ― to take out one's wallet
* to dig
* (Eastern Min) to take

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 取 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 拿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 拿 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 拿, 搦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 拿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 拿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 拿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 拿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 攞, 拎, 搦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 攞, 拎, 搦 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 拎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𢬿, 討 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 討 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 捰, 拎, 摣 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 攞, 拎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 攞 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 攞 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 攞 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 攞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 攞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 搦 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 攞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 拿 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 拿 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 拿 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 拿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 拿 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 拿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 提 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 提 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 撿 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 撿, 拿 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 搦 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 擔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 荷, 拿 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拿, 㨮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拈, 掏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 提 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 提, 掗 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 提, 掗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 提 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 攑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 提, 挈 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 提 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 提 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 提 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 提 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 提 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 提 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 提 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 提, 捎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 提 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 攑, 提 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 攑, 提 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 提, 掗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 挈 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 挈 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 挈 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 挈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 挈, 攑 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 把 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 把 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 把 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 挈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拿 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 馱, 撈, 挈 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 朵, 抯, 揹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 拿 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |
* (to dig): 挖 (wā)

#### Compounds

* 掏出
* 掏問 / 掏问
* 掏心 (tāoxīn)
* 掏摸 (tāomō)
* 掏澄
* 掏空 (tāokōng)
* 掏腰包 (tāo yāobāo)
* 掏錢 / 掏钱 (tāoqián)
* 自掏腰包 (zì tāo yāobāo)

### References

* “掏”, 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: どう (dō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)
* Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 掏ぶ)、する (suru, 掏る)

## Korean
### Hanja

掏 (eum 도 (do))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

掏: Hán Nôm readings: đào
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