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: 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) : 大 (“large”) + 長 (“long”) – long. It is later borrowed for the “cover” sense and has now lost its original meaning.

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

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. 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
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套
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
Min Nan 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
Derived terms from 套

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 套

Pronunciation

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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 tou2
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

Definitions

套

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

Japanese

Kanji
套

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 套.

Hanja

套 (eumhun 씌울 투 (ssuiul tu))

  1. Hanja form? of 투 (“cover”).

Compounds
Compounds

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

Vietnamese

Han character

套: Hán Nôm readings: sáo, thạo

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