套

See also: 室

套 U+5957, 套 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5957 ← 奖 [U+5956] CJK Unified Ideographs 奘 → [U+5958]

Translingual

Han character

套 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大尸一戈 (KSMI), four-corner 4073₁, composition ⿱大镸)

Derived characters

• 𠺆, 𣺮, 𨻝, 𫯾, 𪄤, 𥱫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5926
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 540, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5957

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 大 (“large”) + 長 (“long”) – long, with some reference to hair. Originally written as 𡘷.

It was later borrowed for the “cover; cover with, put on (clothes); link” sense and has now lost its original meaning. It is also used as a classifier for a suit of clothes or a group of things, hence something that can be put on or a group of linked/interconnected things.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		套
2nd round simp.		𰋛
alternative forms		㚐 𡘷

Cognate with 韜 (OC *l̥ʰuː); probably cognate with 㧺 and 錔 (OC *tʰuːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tào (tao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho
• Jin (Wiktionary): tau³
• Eastern Min (BUC): tó̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tao³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴
    • Yale: tàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (套兒／套儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàor
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: tàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tawl
    • Palladius: таор (taor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tou³
    • Yale: tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò
    • Tâi-lô: thò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toix
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵thau
    • MiniDict: thau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	套
Reading #	2/2
No.	12376
Phonetic component	套
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːws/

Definitions

套

1. to cover with; to encase; to put on (a sweater, etc.)
2. case; cover; sheath; wrapper; envelope (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
3. (colloquial) condom (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
4. to overlap; to interconnect
5. set; suit
6. knot
7. to harness
8. harness
9. trick; trap
10. (Hong Kong) Short for 套房 (“en suite bedroom”).

    三房一套 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ fong^4-2 jat¹ tou³ [Jyutping]  ―  Three rooms, one of which is an en suite

11. Classifier for a set of objects (books, furniture, rooms, etc). ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

    這套拼音方案／这套拼音方案  ―  zhè tào pīnyīn fāng'àn  ―  this romanization scheme

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 避孕套 (“condom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	避孕套兒, 套兒
	Taiwan	保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套, 小雨傘 euphemistic, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic
	Harbin	保險套兒
	Malaysia	如意套
	Singapore	如意套, 安全套
Cantonese	Hong Kong	避孕套, 安全套, 套, condom, dom, dom dom, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic, 如意袋 euphemistic
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保險套, 保險落
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	保險落
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	保險套
Southern Min	Taipei	sak-khuh GT, 保險套 GT
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	避孕袋, 避孕套
Wu	Shanghai	套子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 一套
• 七套 (Qītào)
• 上圈套 (shàngquāntào)
• 上套 (shàngtào)
• 三角套匯／三角套汇
• 不落俗套 (bùluòsútào)
• 俗套 (sútào)
• 保險套／保险套 (bǎoxiǎntào)
• 全套 (quántào)
• 六套 (Liùtào)
• 圈圈套套
• 圈套 (quāntào)
• 外套 (wàitào)
• 大通套
• 套交情 (tào jiāoqíng)
• 套兒／套儿 (tàor)
• 套利 (tàolì)
• 套包
• 套匯／套汇
• 套半車／套半车
• 套印
• 套印版畫／套印版画
• 套問／套问
• 套套 (tàotao)
• 套子 (tàozi)
• 套式
• 套房 (tàofáng)
• 套招
• 套拉攏／套拉拢 (tào lālǒng)
• 套敘／套叙
• 套數／套数 (tàoshù)
• 套文
• 套曲
• 套杯
• 套炕子
• 套版
• 套牢 (tàoláo)
• 套犁
• 套環兒／套环儿
• 套用 (tàoyòng)
• 套畫押字／套画押字
• 套白狼
• 套票
• 套種／套种
• 套筒槍／套筒枪
• 套索 (tàosuǒ)
• 套耕
• 套色 (tàoshǎi)
• 套色版畫／套色版画
• 套衫 (tàoshān)
• 套袖
• 套袋
• 套裝／套装 (tàozhuāng)
• 套裝旅遊／套装旅游 (tàozhuāng lǚyóu)
• 套裝軟體／套装软体 (tàozhuāng ruǎntǐ)
• 套褲／套裤
• 套話／套话 (tàohuà)
• 套語／套语 (tàoyǔ)
• 套調／套调
• 套購／套购 (tàogòu)
• 套路 (tàolù)
• 套車／套车
• 套近乎 (tàojìnhū)
• 套間／套间 (tàojiān)
• 套鞋 (tàoxié)
• 套項／套项
• 套頭／套头
• 套頭裹腦／套头裹脑
• 套頭話／套头话
• 套餐 (tàocān)
• 套鼓
• 客套 (kètào)
• 客套話／客套话 (kètàohuà)
• 封套 (fēngtào)
• 幫套／帮套 (bāngtào)
• 弓套
• 成套 (chéngtào)
• 成龍配套／成龙配套 (chénglóngpèitào)
• 手套 (shǒutào, “glove”)
• 打套
• 拉套
• 指甲套兒／指甲套儿
• 插圈弄套
• 故套
• 散套
• 整套 (zhěngtào)
• 書套／书套 (shūtào)
• 有一套 (yǒu yītào)
• 枕套 (zhěntào)
• 死套子
• 河套 (hétào)
• 河套平原
• 河套文化
• 活套
• 活套頭／活套头
• 濫套／滥套
• 熟套
• 熟套子
• 狗套頭／狗套头
• 生搬硬套 (shēngbānyìngtào)
• 白手套 (báishǒutào)
• 相思套
• 筆套／笔套 (bǐtào)
• 紅花套／红花套 (Hónghuātào)
• 紙套／纸套
• 網路套件／网路套件
• 老套 (lǎotào)
• 腸套疊／肠套叠 (chángtàodié)
• 腿套
• 落套
• 虛套子／虚套子
• 被套 (bèitào)
• 袖套 (xiùtào)
• 褥套 (rùtào)
• 褪套兒／褪套儿
• 襪套／袜套 (wàtào)
• 西套
• 解套
• 話裡套話／话里套话
• 護套／护套
• 跑龍套／跑龙套 (pǎo lóngtào)
• 通套
• 連環套／连环套
• 避孕套 (bìyùntào)
• 配套 (pèitào)
• 金手套獎／金手套奖
• 錦套頭／锦套头
• 陳套／陈套 (chéntào)
• 雙套車／双套车
• 雙套飛車／双套飞车
• 頭套／头套 (tóutào)
• 龍套／龙套 (lóngtào)
• 龍套衣／龙套衣

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		套

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎo (tao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³
    • Yale: tǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tao
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thawX

Rime
Character	套
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	/tʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰawX/
Li Rong	/tʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/tʰɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	套
Reading #	1/2
No.	12375
Phonetic component	套
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	討
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːw/

Definitions

套

1. ^† long

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		套

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
    • Tâi-lô: su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴/

Definitions

套

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 軀／躯 (su, “Classifier for sets of clothing”)

Japanese

Kanji

套

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: かさねる (kasaneru, 套ねる)、おおい (ōi, 套い)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 套.

Hanja

套 (eumhun 씌울 투 (ssuiul tu))

1. hanja form^? of 투 (“cover”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 말투 (말套, maltu, “manner of speaking”)
• 봉투 (封套, bongtu, “envelope; bag, sack”)
• 외투 (外套, oetu, “overcoat”)
• 문투 (文套, muntu, “literary style”)
• 허투 (虛套, heotu, “sham”)
• 어투 (語套, eotu, “tone”)
• 상투적 (常套的, sangtujeok, “conventional”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

套: Hán Nôm readings: sáo, thạo

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