挑

挑 U+6311, 挑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6311 ← 挐 [U+6310] CJK Unified Ideographs 挒 → [U+6312]

挑 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手中一人 (QLMO), four-corner 5201₃, composition ⿰扌兆)

• 𨃑

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 430, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12055
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1872, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6311

simp. and trad.		挑
alternative forms		窕 provoke 㨄 provoke 𢬹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).

挑

1. to pick; to select; to choose
2. to nitpick
3. to carry (something) on a shoulder pole

   • 你挑着擔，我牽着馬；…… [MSC, trad.]
     你挑着担，我牵着马；…… [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》"Dare I ask where the road is?"

     nǐ tiāo zhuó dān, wǒ qiān zhuó mǎ;...... [Pinyin]

     You carry the luggage, I lead the horse; [...]

挑

1. to provoke; to incite
2. to poke
3. to bring something into the open; to make public

挑

1. Only used in 挑達／挑达 (tāotà, “walking back and forth; coming and going”).

(Jōyō kanji)

1. challenge
2. contend for
3. make love to

From Middle Chinese 挑 (MC dewX); compare Mandarin 挑 (tiǎo):

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 挑 (MC thew); compare Mandarin 挑 (tiāo):

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 挑 (MC thaw); compare Mandarin 挑 (tāo):

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: いどむ (idomu, 挑む, Jōyō)、えらぶ (erabu, 挑ぶ)、かかげる (kakageru, 挑げる)、になう (ninau, 挑う)^{←になふ (ninafu, 挑ふ, historical)}、はねる (haneru, 挑ねる)

From Middle Chinese 挑 (MC thew|thaw|dewX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [도]

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [조]

Wikisource

挑 (eumhun 돋울 도 (dodul do))
挑 (eumhun 기릴 조 (giril jo))

1. hanja form^? of 도/조 (“a load carried on the shoulders”)
2. hanja form^? of 도/조 (“carry”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
• Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [2]

挑: Hán Nôm readings: vẹo, khêu, khều, khiêu, khểu, treo, trẹo

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