Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

Note that there are two Unicode z-variants, with code points U+90FD and U+FA26 (the latter is a compatibility variant and should be avoided).

Han character

都 (radical 163 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十日弓中 (JANL), four-corner 4762₇, composition ⿰者⻏)

References

• KangXi: page 1274, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39497
• Dae Jaweon: page 1773, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3776, character 7
• Unihan data for U+90FD
• Unihan data for U+FA26

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taː) : phonetic 者 ‎(OC *tjaːʔ) + semantic ⻏ ‎(“town, city”) – a large city.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

都

1. metropolis; large city
2. capital; capital city
3. ^† to make a place the capital city; to establish a capital
4. ^†graceful; elegant
5. A surname​. Du

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

都

1. all, both (used to indicate that the statement is true for every subject or object)

   我都知道了。  ―  Wǒ dōu zhīdào le.  ―  I know everything. [ambiguous; may also mean “Even I know”.]

   他比任何人都好。  ―  Tā bǐ rènhé rén dōu hǎo.  ―  He is better than anyone else.

   這裡的人我都認識。 [MSC, trad.]

   这里的人我都认识。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ de rén wǒ dōu rènshí. [Pinyin]

   I know every person here.

2. (emphasis on subject) even

   我都不知道，你是怎麼知道的。 [MSC, trad.]

   我都不知道，你是怎么知道的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ dōu bù zhīdào, nǐ shì zěnme zhīdào de. [Pinyin]

   How come you know it when even I don't know?

3. (emphasis on object) even, interchangeable with 也 (yě)

   我身上一分錢都沒有。 [MSC, trad.]

   我身上一分钱都没有。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ shēnshàng yī fēn qián dōu méiyǒu. [Pinyin]

   I don't even have a single cent.

   我給她打了四個電話，她一個都沒接。 [MSC, trad.]

   我给她打了四个电话，她一个都没接。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gěi tā dǎ le sì ge diànhuà, tā yīge dōu méi jiē. [Pinyin]

   I called her four times, but she answered none of them.

   1. (emphasis) Used in the 連……都…… structure; interchangeable with 也 (yě); even

      他連畜生都不如，連自己的父母都不養活。 [MSC, trad.]

      他连畜生都不如，连自己的父母都不养活。 [MSC, simp.]

      Tā lián xùshēng dōu bùrú, lián zìjǐ de fùmǔ dōu bù yǎnghuó. [Pinyin]

      He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents.

4. already

   都四點了。 / 都四点了。  ―  Dōu sì diǎn le.  ―  It is already 4 o'clock.

   都這麼晚了嗎？ / 都这么晚了吗？  ―  Dōu zhème wǎn le ma?  ―  Is it that late already?

5. (Cantonese) as well, also, too

   我都好好。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  Ngo⁵dou¹ hou² hou². [Jyutping]  ―  I'm fine too.

Synonyms

Usage notes

• When negating 都, the placement of 不 (bù) is important.

不都: not all, not everyone.

都不: none, no one

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: つ (tsu)
• Kan’on: と (to)
• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho)
• Kun: みやこ (miyako), すべて (subete)

Noun

都 ‎(hiragana と, romaji to)

1. capital (city)
2. city
3. the prefecture of Tokyo
   • 東京都

     とうきょうと

     Tōkyō-to

     Tokyo; the metropolis of Tokyo

   • 都庁

     とちょう

     Tochō

     the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

都 • ‎(do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to, Yale to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

都 (đô, đo, đu, đua, đủ)

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