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盜	U+76DC, 盜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76DC

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[U+76DB]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000030428

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[U+76DD]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Japanese	盗
Simplified	盗
Traditional	盜

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23006

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2564, character 13

Unihan data for U+76DC

Chinese

trad.		盜
simp.		盗
alternative forms		盗𠉭𠩼𤋆𤑂盗𠉭𠩼𤋆𤑂𨹇𨹒𠪁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盜
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

In oracle bone script, Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daːws)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#皿07: phonetic 㳄 + 舟 (“boat”) – an overflowing river.^[1] This character is technically a different word than the modern 盜／盗 (dào, “steal”), used interchangeably with 衍 (OC *lanʔ, *lans) in oracle bones, or as a phonetic loan for 羨 (OC *lel, *ljans, *lans), and 延 (OC *lan, *lans) in bronze script.^[2] The component 舟 corrupted into 皿 in Chu script.

盜／盗 (dào, “steal”) on the other hand, is a Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意)Category:Han ideogrammic compounds#皿07: 㳄 (“drooling; craving”) + 皿 (“vessel”) – to covet someone else's possessions → to steal.

↑ 李学勤《字源》p774
↑ 漢語多功能字庫 - 字頭「盜」

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dào (dao⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#盜)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho
Jin (Wiktionary): dau³
Eastern Min (BUC): dô̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dor⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tō / tō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dao⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dào
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴
  - Yale: dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
  - Palladius: дао (dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dou⁶
  - Yale: douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tau⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dor⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dor⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō
  - Tâi-lô: tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doi
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /to³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: do
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: dao⁷
  - Sinological IPA: /tau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau
  - MiniDict: dau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: dawH

Rime
Character	盜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒到切
Baxter	dawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw^H/
Li Rong	/dɑu^H/
Wang Li	/dɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤaw(k)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dào
Middle Chinese	‹ daw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁaw(k)-s/
English	steal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盜
Reading #	1/1
No.	2164
Phonetic component	盜
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	導
Old Chinese	/*daːws/

Definitions

盜Category:Chinese lemmas#皿07 Category:Chinese hanzi#皿07 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#皿07 Category:Pages with entries#盜 Category:Pages with 5 entries#盜

(transitive Category:Chinese transitive verbs#皿07) to steal
盜竊／盗窃 ― dàoqiè ― to stealCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

盜案／盗案 ― dào'àn ― theftCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

大量財物被盜。／大量财物被盗。 ― Dàliàng cáiwù bèi dào. ― A large amount of property was stolen.Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#皿07) illegally
盜掘／盗掘 ― dàojué ― to dig illegallyCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

盜獵／盗猎 ― dàoliè ― to hunt illegallyCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

盜伐／盗伐 ― dàofá ― to cut down (trees) illegallyCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#皿07) thief; robber
大盜／大盗 ― dàdào ― robber that commits large robberies or many robberies in an unrestrained mannerCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

盜跖／盗跖 ― Dào Zhí ― Robber Zhi (a legendary figure or fictional character)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

海盜／海盗 ― hǎidào ― pirateCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

開門揖盜／开门揖盗 ― kāiményīdào ― to introduce bad people and bring disaster upon oneselfCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

Synonyms

(to steal):

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偷 (tōu)
偷盜 / 偷盗 (tōudào)
偷竊 / 偷窃 (tōuqiè)
撻 / 挞 (Cantonese, slang)
盜取 / 盗取 (dàoqǔ)
盜竊 / 盗窃 (dàoqiè)
竊 / 窃 (qiè)
竊取 / 窃取 (qièqǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 偷 (“to steal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		偷, 盜, 竊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷, 偷竊, 偷盜, 盜竊, 竊取
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	偷
	Taiwan	偷
	Singapore	偷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	偷, 鼠
	Hong Kong	偷, 撻, M, jam
	Taishan	偷
Hakka	Meixian	偷
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	撻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	偷
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	偷
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	偷
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	偷
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	偷提
Southern Min	Xiamen	偷提
	Quanzhou	偷提
	Zhangzhou	偷提
	Penang (Hokkien)	偷提
	Manila (Hokkien)	偷, 偷提
	Shantou	偷

(thief):

Dialectal synonyms of 小偷 (“(petty) thief”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		賊, 盜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賊, 小偷, 竊賊, 盜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小偷兒, 賊
	Taiwan	小偷, 賊
	Harbin	小偷兒, 賊
	Shenyang	小偷兒
	Singapore	小偷, 賊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	小偷兒, 賊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小偷兒, 小偷, 毛賊, 毛賊子, 賊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小偷兒, 賊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小偷兒, 賊
	Wanrong	毛賊, 賊娃子, 賊
	Zhengzhou	小偷兒, 賊
	Xi'an	賊娃子, 賊
	Xining	小偷兒, 賊娃子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	賊娃子, 賊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	賊娃子, 賊
	Lanzhou	賊娃子
	Ürümqi	賊娃子, 賊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	賊娃子, 賊, 偷跟兒, 偷兒
	Chongqing (Changshou)	賊娃子
	Wuhan	強徒, 小偷
	Guiyang	小偷
	Kunming	小偷, 小毛賊, 毛賊, 小賊
	Guilin	小偷
	Guanyang	拐子
	Liuzhou	小偷
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賊
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賊
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	小偷, 賊
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小偷, 賊
	Yangzhou	小偷, 賊, 強盜
	Nantong	賊坯
	Hefei	小偷, 賊, 小賊
	Huanggang	三隻手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	賊仔, 賊, 賊佬, 鼠摸
	Hong Kong	賊仔, 賊, 賊佬, 鼠摸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	賊仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	賊
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	賊佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	賊佬
	Macau	偷仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	賊仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	夜摸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	賊仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	偷雞佬, 賊佬
	Foshan	鼠摸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鼠摸仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	偷仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鼠摸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鼠摸仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	偷仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	偷仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	三隻手
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	小摸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	小摸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	小摸
	Taishan	賊仔, 鼠摸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	小摸
	Enping (Niujiang)	小摸仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	鼠摸仔
	Dongguan	賊仔, 鼠摸 dated
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	賊仔
	Shaoguan	賊佬
	Yunfu	雪仔
	Yangjiang	鼠賊, 賊
	Xinyi	賊佬
	Lianjiang	賊佬, 賊仔
	Nanning	賊, 賊佬
	Wuzhou	賊佬
	Yulin	賊
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	賊, 夜摸
	Beihai	賊仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白捏, 小偷
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	賊手
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	賊佬
	Danzhou	賊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	小賊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	賊仔
	Móng Cái	賊, 夜摸, 白捏
Gan	Nanchang	賊
	Lichuan	賊
	Pingxiang	賊牯
Hakka	Meixian	賊牯, 賊仔
	Xingning	賊牯佬
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	賊仔
	Huidong (Daling)	賊牯佬
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	賊佬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	賊佬
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	賊佬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	賊仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	賊哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	賊哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	賊牯佬
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	賊牯佬
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	賊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	賊佬
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賊佬
	Liannan	賊佬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	小偷
	Jiexi	賊
	Changting	賊牯
	Wuping	賊牯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	賊牯
	Liancheng	賊牯
	Ninghua	賊牯
	Yudu	賊牯
	Ruijin	賊牯
	Shicheng	賊牯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	賊佬, 強盜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賊仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	賊仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賊仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賊仔, 賊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	賊
	Hong Kong	賊佬
	Luchuan	賊
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	賊佬
	Sabah (Longchuan)	賊佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	扒手
	Singkawang	賊
Huizhou	Jixi	賊骨頭, 賊, 銃手
Jin	Taiyuan	小偷兒, 賊
	Pingyao	小綹兒
	Xinzhou	賊
	Hohhot	小偷, 賊, 賊小子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賊囝, 賊
	Fuqing	賊, 賊囝
	Matsu	賊囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	賊仔, 鼠賊
	Quanzhou	賊仔, 鼠賊
	Jinjiang	鼠賊仔
	Yongchun	賊
	Zhangzhou	賊仔, 鼠賊, 佬賊仔
	Dongshan	賊仔
	Taipei	賊仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	賊仔
	Kaohsiung	勍仔
	Yilan	勍仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	賊仔
	Taichung	賊仔
	Tainan	賊仔
	Hsinchu	賊仔
	Kinmen	鼠賊仔
	Penghu (Magong)	賊
	Penang (Hokkien)	賊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	賊
	Manila (Hokkien)	賊, 賊仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	賊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	賊
	Guilin (Biyange)	賊
	Chaozhou	鼠賊囝
	Shantou	賊, 賊囝, 鼠賊, 鼠賊囝
	Jieyang	鼠賊, 鼠賊囝, 賊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鼠賊囝
	Wenchang	賊囝
	Haikou	賊囝, 賊
Puxian Min	Putian	賊囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	賊囝
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	賊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	賊囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	賊, 小偷
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	賊, 小偷
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	賊
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	賊頭
Wu	Shanghai	賊骨頭, 賊, 小偷, 賊伯伯 humorous
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小偷, 賊
	Suzhou	賊骨頭, 賊, 賊伯伯 humorous, 小賊
	Wuxi	賊骨頭, 小偷
	Danyang	小偷, 賊, 賊老官, 做賊佬
	Hangzhou	賊骨頭, 賊
	Ningbo	賊骨頭, 小偷
	Wenzhou	小偷兒, 小偷, 賊
	Jinhua	賊骨頭, 賊, 小偷
Xiang	Changsha	賊老倌, 賊牯子, 賊
	Xiangtan	夜摸子
	Loudi	賊牯子
	Shuangfeng	賊牯子
	Quanzhou	賊