陡

陡	U+9661, 陡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9661

Translingual

Han character

陡 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中土卜人 (NLGYO), four-corner 7428₁, composition ⿰阝走)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1352, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41663
Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4129, character 6
Unihan data for U+9661

Chinese

simp. and trad.		陡
2nd round simp.		斗
alternative forms		阧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dǒu (dou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dou³
Cantonese (Jyutping): dau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): téu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tió / tó͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵teu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tou³
  - Yale: dǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doou
  - Palladius: доу (dou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: dou³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dau²
  - Yale: dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: deo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: téu
  - Hakka Romanization System: deu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: deu³
  - Sinological IPA: /teu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tió
  - Tâi-lô: tió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵teu
  - MiniDict: teu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²teu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɤ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tuwX

Rime
Character	陡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	當口切
Baxter	tuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/təu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/təu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təw^X/
Li Rong	/tu^X/
Wang Li	/təu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*toːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陡
Reading #	1/1
No.	2459
Phonetic component	陡
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	斗
Old Chinese	/*toːʔ/
Notes	同阧

Definitions

陡

steep; sloping
(literary, or in compounds) abruptly; suddenly
(literary, or in compounds) deep; extensive

Synonyms

(steep):

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壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
岢峻 (kějùn, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
岢峨 (kě'é, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
峭 (qiào) (in compounds)
峻峭 (jùnqiào, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)
崒 (zú) (literary)
崎 (qí) (literary or Southern Min)
嶔崟／嵚崟 (qīnyín, “dangerously steep”) (literary)
嶜崟 (“dangerously steep”)
巀嶭 (“high, lofty and steep”) (of mountains)
巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
陡直 (dǒuzhí)
險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn, “dangerously steep”)
高峻 (gāojùn, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)

Dialectal synonyms of 陡 (“steep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陡峭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	陡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	陡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	陡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	陡
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	陡
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	陡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	陡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	陡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笡, 徛
	Hong Kong	笡
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	笡
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	笡
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	笡
	Yangjiang	笡
Gan	Nanchang	陡
Hakka	Meixian	崎₂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	崎₂
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	崎₂, 笡
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	崎₂
	Wuhua (Changbu)	崎₂
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	崎₂
	Wengyuan	崎₂
	Jiexi	崎₂, 竳
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	竳
	Changting	陡, 崎₂
	Wuping (Yanqian)	崎₂
	Ninghua	崎₂
	Tonggu (Sandu)	陡
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	崎₂
	Dayu	崎₂, 陡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	崎₂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	崎₂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	崎₂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	崎₂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	崎₂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	崎₂
	Hong Kong	崎₂
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	笡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	笡
	Xinyi (Sihe)	笡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	笡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	笡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	斜
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	崎₂
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	崎₂
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	壁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	陡
	Luchuan	斜
Jin	Taiyuan	陡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	崎₃, 趖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	崎₃
	Fuzhou (Changle)	崎₃
	Fuqing	崎₃
	Yongtai	崎₃
	Gutian	崎₃
	Fu'an	崎₃
	Ningde	崎₃
	Shouning	崎₃
	Zhouning	崎₃
	Fuding	崎₃
Southern Min	Xiamen	崎₃, 趨
	Quanzhou	崎₃
	Zhangzhou	崎₃, 趨
	Taipei	崎₃, 趨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	崎₃, 趨
	Kaohsiung	崎₃, 趨
	Yilan	崎₃, 趨
	Changhua (Lukang)	崎₃, 趨
	Taichung	崎₃
	Tainan	崎₃, 趨
	Hsinchu	崎₃
	Kinmen	崎₃
	Penghu (Magong)	崎₃
	Chaozhou	崎₃
	Jieyang	崎₃
Wu	Shanghai	企
	Suzhou	棧
	Wenzhou	峻
Xiang	Changsha	陡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	陡

(abruptly):

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一下 (yīxià)
一下子 (yīxiàzi)
一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
一頭／一头 (yītóu)
乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
倏忽 (literary)
卒爾／卒尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
忽地 (hūdì)
忽然 (hūrán)
𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
猛 (měng)
猝然 (cùrán)
猛然 (měngrán)
猝爾／猝尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
突然 (tūrán)
突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
陡然 (dǒurán)
霍然 (huòrán)
頓／顿 (literary)
頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
驀地／蓦地
驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)

Compounds

坡陡水急
山高路陡
懸崖陡壁／悬崖陡壁
陡坡 (dǒupō)
陡坡店 (Dǒupōdiàn)
陡增 (dǒuzēng)
陡壁
陡山 (Dǒushān)
陡峻
陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
陡崗／陡岗
陡搜
陡斜
陡河 (Dǒuhé)
陡然 (dǒurán)
陡然間／陡然间
陡直 (dǒuzhí)
陡立 (dǒulì)
陡長／陡长
陡頓／陡顿

Japanese

Kanji

陡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): とう (tō)、つ (tsu)
Kun: そばだつ (sobadatsu)

Korean

Hanja

陡 • (du) (hangeul 두)

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Vietnamese

Han character

陡: Hán Nôm readings: đẩu

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