# 骰

| 骰 | U+9AB0, &#39600; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB0 |
| ← 骯 [U+9AAF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 骱 → [U+9AB1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

骰 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月月竹弓水 (BBHNE), four-corner 7724$_7$, composition ⿰骨殳)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1448, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45127
* Dae Jaweon: page 1974, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4408, character 11
* Unihan data for U+9AB0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 吺 | *toː |
| 祋 | *toːd, *toːds |
| 投 | *doː |
| 骰 | *doː, *srɯɡ |
| 酘 | *doːs |
| 坄 | *doː, *leɡ |
| 殳 | *djo |
| 杸 | *djo |

### Etymology 1

From 投 (MC duw, “to throw”). Often read semantically as 色 (MC srik).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóu, shǎi (tou$^2$, shai$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ, ㄕㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tau$^4$ / sik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tàu / thèu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): têu$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): dě
* Eastern Min (BUC): dàu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tâu / tô͘ / tiô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dao$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóu
*** Wade–Giles: tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour
*** Palladius: тоу (tou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, common variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǎi
*** Wade–Giles: shai$^3$
*** Yale: shǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shae
*** Palladius: шай (šaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tau$^4$ / sik$^1$
*** Yale: tàuh / sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tau$^4$ / sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teo$^4$ / xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐu̯²¹/, /sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tàu
*** Hakka Romanization System: dau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tau̯¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dě
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dàu
*** Sinological IPA : /tau⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu
*** Tâi-lô: tâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô
*** Tâi-lô: tiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diooi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴/
* tâu - vernacular;
* tô/tiô - literary.
* Middle Chinese: duw
Rime :
| Character | 骰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 度侯切 |
| Baxter | duw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəw/ |
| Li Rong | /du/ |
| Wang Li | /dəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*doː/, /*srɯɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 骰 | 骰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11717 | 11723 |
| Phonetic component | 殳 | 殳 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 頭 | 色 |
| Old Chinese | /*doː/ | /*srɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 投轉註分化字唐人始分 | 訓讀爲色 |

#### Definitions

骰
* die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 骰子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 色子, 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 色子, 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 骰子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 色子, 色兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 骨子, 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 色兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 色子, 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 色子, 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 色子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 色子, 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 色子, 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 色子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 色子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 色子, 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 色子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 猴兒, 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 色子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 色兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 色子, 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 色子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 色子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 色仔, 色 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 色 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 色子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 色仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 色子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 色子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 色子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 骰仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 色子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 骰仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 十八啦 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 輾豆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 寶子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 色子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 色兒, 色子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 色子 |
| Jin | Datong | 色子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 色兒, 色子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 色兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 色子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 色兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 猴子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 色兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 色兒 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 色子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 色子 |
| Jin | Handan | 猴 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 骨了 |
| Jin | Suide | 色子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 骰仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 骰 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 骰仔, 豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 骰仔, 豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 骰仔, 豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 救十八 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 膏十八仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 撚骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 撚骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 撚骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 十八骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 撚寶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 骰九 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 骰 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 骰 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 色囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 色囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 色囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 色子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 骰子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 骰子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 骰子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 骰子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 骰子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 色子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 骰子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 色子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 骰子 |

#### Compounds

* 十八骰仔
* 撚骰仔
* 擲骰子／掷骰子
* 藥骰／药骰
* 骰九
* 骰仔
* 骰子

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 骰 – see 股 (“thigh; haunches; longer leg of a non-isosceles right triangle; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 股).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ず (zu)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)
* Kun: さい (sai)、さいころ (saikoro)

## Korean
### Hanja

骰 (eum 투 (tu))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

骰: Hán Nôm readings: đầu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation