鼗

鼗 · táo

small revolving drum with knobs

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
táo
Cantonese
tou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

small revolving drum with knobs

Dictionary definitions & readings

鼗 táo · see 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74765.060:táo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1121.060:táo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
362.070:táo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
táo粵tou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
トウ ドウ ふりつづみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
도:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒刀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LOGTE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3214 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1526.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
157.30 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1145y Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F17
Radical
鼓 · 207
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8041

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
鼗
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鞀 · 鼗

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
daw · 徒刀 · 效開一平豪定 · #716

PHONO-ML, source line 5835; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1567.301
kDaeJaweon
2062.210
kGSR
1145y
kHanYu
74765.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
2062.210
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74765.060
kIRGKangXi
1526.210
kKangXi
1526.210
kMatthews
6151
kMeyerWempe
3170l
kMorohashi
48351
kSBGY
157.30
kSMSZD2003Index
829.02
kCangjie
LOGTE
kFourCornerCode
3214
kMojiJoho
MJ029990
kPhonetic
1221
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-583B
kIRG_HSource
H-91BE
kIRG_JSource
J14-7E62
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-918D
kIRG_KSource
K1-5D49
kIRG_TSource
T3-5C30
kRSUnicode
207.6
kTotalStrokes
19
kCCCII
235F34
kCNS1986
E-5C30
kCNS1992
3-5C30
kEACC
235F34
kGB0
5627
kGB1
5627
kJIS0213
2,94,66
kJis1
7712
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7851
kTGH
2013:8041
kTaiwanTelegraph
7851
kXerox
310:166
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15372+207.13.6
kCantonese
tou4
kDefinition
small revolving drum with knobs
kFanqie
徒刀
kHangul
도:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74765.060:táo
kJapanese
トウ ドウ ふりつづみ
kJapaneseKun
FURITSUZUMI
kJapaneseOn
TOU DOU
kKorean
TO
kMandarin
táo
kSMSZD2003Readings
táo粵tou4
kTGHZ2013
362.070:táo
kXHC1983
1121.060:táo
kSemanticVariant
U+9780<kMatthews U+9789<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSimplifiedVariant
U+9F17
kTraditionalVariant
U+9780 U+9F17

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 鼗0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
兆 above 鼓 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱兆鼓$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱兆鼓$(GHTJKP)

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