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Han character

度 (radical 53 广+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿水 (ITE), four-corner 0024₇, composition ⿸广⿱廿又)

Derived characters

• 渡

References

• KangXi: page 345, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9313
• Dae Jaweon: page 655, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 880, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5EA6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Originally an ideogrammic compound (會意) : 石 ‎(“rock”) + 又 ‎(“hand”) — hand measuring a piece of rock. Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲) , with 石 (OC *djaɡ) as a phonetic component. 石 is then corrupted into ⿸广廿.

Shuowen considers it to be a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *daːɡs, *daːɡ) : phonetic 庶 ‎(OC *hljaɡs) + semantic 又.

Compare 庶 (OC *hljaɡs) and 席 (OC *ljaːɡ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-twa ‎(“handspan”). Cognate with Tibetan མཐོ ‎(mtho, “span; span of thumb and middle finger”), Burmese ထွာ ‎(htwa, “to measure by a handspan; a quarter yard”), အထွာ ‎(a.htwa, “handspan; quarter yard”), တွက် ‎(twak, “to consider, to reckon; to calculate; to refuse to do things because others would not”), အတွက် ‎(a.twak, “calculation; because of; for the sake of”). It is unclear whether Proto-Mon-Khmer *cɗaʔ ‎(“span; handspan”) (whence Mon ဍ ‎(daˀ, “to measure by spans of thumb and middle finger”)) is related. Related to 圖 (OC *daː, “to plan; to consider; plan; map”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

度

1. linear measure; size; measures
2. consideration; thought; expectation
3. law; standard; rule; convention
4. extent; limit; quota
5. tolerance; open-mindedness
6. degree; level; measure (often used to translate English -ness, -ity)

   深度  ―  shēndù  ―  depth

   • 長度 / 长度  ―  chángdù  ―  length
   • 亮度  ―  liàngdù  ―  brightness; luminance
   • 可信度  ―  kěxìndù  ―  reliability; believability
   • 色度  ―  sèdù  ―  color saturation
   • 鹽度 / 盐度  ―  yándù  ―  salinity
7. plan; design; programme
8. to pass (time); to spend time
9. to pass (physically); to go over
10. (Buddhism) to say prayers or perform Buddhist service to release souls from purgatory
11. (religion) to try to persuade someone to become a monk, nun or Taoist priest
12. to write; to compose
13. Classifier for degrees.
    • 旋轉90度 / 旋转90度  ―  xuánzhuǎn 90 dù  ―  rotate 90 degrees
    • 東經120度 / 东经120度  ―  dōngjīng 120 dù  ―  longitude 120° E
    • 絕對零度 / 绝对零度  ―  juéduì língdù  ―  absolute zero
    • 攝氏20度 / 摄氏20度  ―  shèshì 20 dù  ―  20 degrees Celsius
    1. (physics) Classifier for kilowatt-hour.
    2. (ophthalmology) Classifier for 0.01 dioptres.
       • 近視300度 / 近视300度  ―  jìnshì 300 dù  ―  –3.00 dioptres
    3. Classifier for alcohol concentration: percent
       • 紅酒酒精十幾度。 / 红酒酒精十几度。  ―  Hóngjiǔ jiǔjīng shí jǐ dù.  ―  Red wine is around 10% alcohol.
14. Classifier for events or occurrences: time
    • 再度  ―  zàidù  ―  one more time
15. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

度

1. to speculate
2. to measure; to estimate; to judge
   • 用把尺度下 [Cantonese]  ―  jung⁶ baa² cek³dok⁶ haa⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  measure with a ruler
3. to devise
   • 度橋 / 度桥 [Cantonese]  ―  dok⁶ kiu^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  devise a smart idea

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

度

1. (Cantonese) Used to indicate location of something.
   • 唔通我留咗條鎖匙喺架車度？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔通我留咗条锁匙喺架车度？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     M⁴ tung¹ ngo⁵ lau⁴ zo² tiu⁴ so² si⁴ hai² gaa³ ce¹dou⁶? [Jyutping]

     Can it be that I left the key in the car?

Synonyms

• (dated) 處／处 (syu3)

Compounds

See also

• 裡／里 (lǐ)

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. degrees
2. occurrence
3. time
4. counter for occurrences

Readings

• Goon: ど (do), だく (daku)
• Kan’on: と (to), たく (taku)
• Kun: たび (tabi), はかる (hakaru), めもり (memori)

Compounds

Noun

度 ‎(hiragana たび, romaji tabi)

1. time; whenever
   • DECO*27, 相愛性理論

     「好 (す)きだよ」と言 (い)う度 (たび)に増 (ふ)える「好 (す)き」の気持 (きも)ちは
     きっと僕 (ぼく)が死 (し)ぬまで伝 (つた)えきれないけど

     “Suki da yo” to iu tabi ni fueru “suki” no kimochi wa
     kitto boku ga shinu made tsutaekirenai kedo

     Although even until I die I definitely cannot express enough my feelings of "like" that increase when you say "I like you"

See also

• 時 (とき) ‎(toki)

Counter

度 ‎(hiragana たび, romaji -tabi)

1. times

Suffix

度 ‎(hiragana ど, romaji -do)

1. (geometry) degree of an angle
2. degree in temperature, scale, and so on
3. number of times
4. percentage of alcohol concentration

度 ‎(hiragana たび, romaji -tabi)

1. time

Korean

Hanja

度 • ‎(do, tak) (hangeul 도, 탁, revised do, tak, McCune-Reischauer to, t'ak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

度 (độ, dạc, đác, đạc, đọ, đủ, đù, dác, đo, đồ, đợ)

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