# 討

| 討 | U+8A0E, &#35342; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A0E |
| ← 訍 [U+8A0D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 訏 → [U+8A0F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

討 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木戈 (YRDI), four-corner 0460$_0$, composition ⿰訁寸)

#### Derived characters

* 傠, 罸, 𧏛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1147, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35231
* Dae Jaweon: page 1614, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3940, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8A0E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 討
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* Transcribed ancient scripts
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰuːʔ): abbreviated phonetic 肘 (OC *tkuʔ) + semantic 言.
Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 言 (“speech”) + 寸 (“hand”) – rectify.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tǎo (tao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tau$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thó
    (Hailu, HRS): to$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tau$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tō̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tor$^3$ / to$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thó / thó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): to$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$thau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǎo
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^3$
*** Yale: tǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tao
*** Palladius: тао (tao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^2$
*** Yale: tóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰau³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tor$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɒ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tor$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɒ³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: to$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: teô
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: to$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵ³³²/
* tor3 - literary (as in 討好, 討厭);
* to3 - vernacular (as in 討錢, 討雨).
* Middle Chinese: thawX
Rime :
| Character | 討 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 他浩切 |
| Baxter | thawX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ʰˤuʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰuːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 討 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thaw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[t]ʰˁuʔ/ |
| English | examine; denounce |
| 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 | 討 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12374 |
| Phonetic component | 討 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 討 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰuːʔ/ |
| Notes | 疑肘聲 |

### Definitions

討
* to send armed forces to suppress
* to denounce; to condemn
* to examine; to discuss
    商討／商讨 ― shāngtǎo ― to discuss
* to ask for; to beg
    討飯吃／讨饭吃 ― tǎo fàn chī ― to beg for food
    討回公道／讨回公道 ― tǎohuígōngdào ― to seek justice
    討鈔票／讨钞票 [Shanghainese] ― $^5$thau $^5$tshau-phiau$_5$ [Wugniu] ― to beg for money
       Giĕ-mō̤ bà bóng-só̤, mò̤-dâi tō̤-dâi có̤. / [kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mo³³ pa⁵³ puŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(s-)}$nɔ²¹³ mo⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$lɑi²⁴² tʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lɑi²⁴² t͡sɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
       Have nothing else to do.
* to invite
    討人喜歡／讨人喜欢 ― tǎo rén xǐhuān ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    討人厭／讨人厌 ― tǎo rén yàn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to marry
* (Zhao'an Hakka) to want
    From: 2022, 曾仲瑋, lyrics by 曾仲瑋 and 李幸妃, 好天氣
    ngaiˋ too^ cooˇ gooˇ teedˊ kui^ gooˇ hiungˋ, cooˇ foo^ chaˇ kui^ taiˋ zhungˇ [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]
    I want to take the high-speed rail to Kaohsiung, take the train to Taichung
* (Zhao'an Hakka) to be about to

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 求, 尋, 覓$_1$ |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 找, 尋找, 尋覓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 尋, 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 找, 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尋, 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 找, 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 找, 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 找, 尋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 找, 尋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 尾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 找 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 尋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Macau | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 搵$_2$, 搵$_3$ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 搵$_2$, 搵$_3$ |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 尋, 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 尋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尋, 找 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 尋 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 尋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 搵$_2$ |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 尋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 尋 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 尋 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 尋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 尋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 尋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 尋 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 搵$_2$, 跟 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 搵$_2$ |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 尋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 尋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尋 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 尋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 尋, 找 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Datong | 尋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 尋 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 尋 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Linhe | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Jining | 找 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 找 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 找 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 找 |
| Jin | Handan | 找 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 找 |
| Jin | Suide | 尋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討, 尋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 討, 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 尋 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 討 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 揣, 覓$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 揣, 覓$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揣, 覓$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 揣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 覓$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 覓$_3$, 揣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 覓$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 覓$_3$ |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 揣 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 撈 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 撈 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 撈 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 搵$_2$ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 尋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 尋 |
| Wu | Taicang | 尋 |
| Wu | Qidong | 尋 |
| Wu | Haimen (Sijia) | 尋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 尋 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 找 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 尋 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 尋 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 尋 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋 |
| Wu | Cixi | 尋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 尋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 尋 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 欲$_1$ |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 要, 欲$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 要, 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 要 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 要 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 要, 想 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 要, 想 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 愛 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 愛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 要, 想, 愛 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 要, 想 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 要 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 愛 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 愛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 愛, 討 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 愛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 要 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 讓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 愛, 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 欲$_3$, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 欲$_3$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 要 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 要 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 愛 |
| Wu | Lishui | 樂 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 要 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 要 |

### Compounds

* 不討采
* 乞討 / 乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
* 催討 / 催讨 (cuītǎo)
* 北討 / 北讨
* 南征北討
* 取討 / 取讨 (qǔtǎo)
* 商討 / 商讨 (shāngtǎo)
* 尋討 / 寻讨
* 尋頭討腦 / 寻头讨脑
* 征討 (zhēngtǎo)
* 按討 / 按讨
* 探討 / 探讨 (tàntǎo)
* 搜討 / 搜讨
* 擒姦討暴 / 擒奸讨暴
* 東征西討 / 东征西讨
* 東討西伐 / 东讨西伐
* 東討西征 / 东讨西征
* 檢討 / 检讨 (jiǎntǎo)
* 檢討會 / 检讨会
* 沿波討源 / 沿波讨源
* 沿流討源 / 沿流讨源
* 漫天討價 / 漫天讨价
* 申討 / 申讨 (shēntǎo)
* 研討 / 研讨 (yántǎo)
* 索討 / 索讨
* 聲討 / 声讨 (shēngtǎo)
* 自討沒趣 / 自讨没趣
* 自討苦吃 / 自讨苦吃 (zìtǎokǔchī)
* 討乖 / 讨乖
* 討乞 / 讨乞 (tǎoqǐ)
* 討交情 / 讨交情
* 討人 / 讨人 (tǎorén)
* 討人情 / 讨人情
* 討令 / 讨令
* 討伐 / 讨伐 (tǎofá)
* 討休 / 讨休
* 討俏 / 讨俏 (tǎoqiào)
* 討信 / 讨信
* 討保 / 讨保
* 討便宜 / 讨便宜
* 討個分曉 / 讨个分晓
* 討債 / 讨债 (tǎozhài)
* 討債鬼 / 讨债鬼
* 討價 / 讨价 (tǎojià)
* 討價還價 / 讨价还价 (tǎojiàhuánjià)
* 討公道 / 讨公道
* 討分上 / 讨分上
* 討分曉 / 讨分晓
* 討厭 / 讨厌 (tǎoyàn)
* 討厭鬼 / 讨厌鬼
* 討取 / 讨取
* 討口 / 讨口
* 討口牙 / 讨口牙
* 討吃 / 讨吃
* 討命 / 讨命
* 討喜 / 讨喜 (tǎoxǐ)
* 討嘴 / 讨嘴
* 討好 / 讨好 (tǎohǎo)
* 討好賣乖 / 讨好卖乖
* 討嫌 / 讨嫌 (tǎoxián)
* 討安歇 / 讨安歇
* 討巧 / 讨巧 (tǎoqiǎo)
* 討帳 / 讨帐 (tǎozhàng)
* 討平 / 讨平
* 討店 / 讨店
* 討彩 / 讨彩
* 討情 / 讨情
* 討惡剪暴 / 讨恶剪暴
* 討愧 / 讨愧
* 討探 / 讨探
* 討擾 / 讨扰
* 討收管 / 讨收管
* 討教 / 讨教 (tǎojiào)
* 討救 / 讨救
* 討救兵 / 讨救兵
* 討死 / 讨死 (tǎosǐ)
* 討氣 / 讨气
* 討沒意思 / 讨没意思
* 討沒臉面 / 讨没脸面
* 討決裂 / 讨决裂
* 討沒趣 / 讨没趣
* 討油水 / 讨油水
* 討海 / 讨海 (tǎohǎi)
* 討海人 / 讨海人 (tǎohǎirén)
* 討源 / 讨源
* 討生活 / 讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
* 討皮疾 / 讨皮疾
* 討皮疼 / 讨皮疼
* 討究 / 讨究
* 討笤 / 讨笤
* 討老腳 / 讨老脚
* 討虜 / 讨虏
* 討親 / 讨亲
* 討論 / 讨论 (tǎolùn)
* 討論區 / 讨论区 (tǎolùnqū)
* 討賊 / 讨贼 (tǎozéi)
* 討賞 / 讨赏
* 討賤 / 讨贱
* 討逆除暴 / 讨逆除暴
* 討野火 / 讨野火
* 討針線 / 讨针线
* 討錢 / 讨钱 (tǎoqián)
* 討面皮 / 讨面皮
* 討順風 / 讨顺风
* 討頭 / 讨头
* 討食 / 讨食
* 討飯 / 讨饭 (tǎofàn)
* 討饒 / 讨饶 (tǎoráo)
* 討饒頭 / 讨饶头
* 誅凶討逆 / 诛凶讨逆
* 誅暴討逆 / 诛暴讨逆
* 誅討 / 诛讨
* 追討 / 追讨 (zhuītǎo)

### References

* “討”, 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–
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “讨”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 173.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* to chastise

#### Readings

* Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kun: うつ (utsu, 討つ, Jōyō)、たずねる (tazuneru, 討ねる)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 討 (MC thawX).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 토ᇢ〯 (Yale: thwǒw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 토 (thwo) (Yale: two) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

### Pronunciation

* (to attack; to subjugate; etc.):
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [tʰo̞]
** Phonetic hangul: [토]
* (to discuss; to debate; etc.):
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [tʰo̞(ː)]
** Phonetic hangul: [토(ː)]
*** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 討 (eumhun 칠 토 (chil to))
* hanja form of 토 (“to attack; to destroy”)
* hanja form of 토 (“to subjugate; to subdue”)
* hanja form of 토 (“to discuss; to debate”)

#### Compounds

* 검토 (檢討, geomto)
* 성토 (聲討, seongto)
* 정토 (征討, jeongto)
* 토론 (討論, toron)
* 토벌 (討伐, tobeol)
* 토식 (討食, tosik)
* 토역 (討逆, toyeok)
* 토의 (討議, toui)
* 토적 (討賊, tojeok)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

討: Hán Nôm readings: thảo
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