佗

佗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人十心 (OJP), four-corner 2321₁, composition ⿰亻它)

• 𬵕, 𪘕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 513
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 139, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F57

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *l'aːl): semantic 人 (“human”) + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).

佗

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 馱／驮 (tuó, “to carry on one's back”).

佗

1. obsolete form of 他

   • 佗邑唯命。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Tā yì wéi mìng. [Pinyin]

     I will grant you any other place.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 它
3. a surname

Probably from 底 (Yang, 2002):

• tai → ta (→ taʔ);
• tue → to (→ toʔ).

For Zhangzhou Hokkien, from an ellipsis of 佗落 (tah-lo).

佗

1. (Hokkien) which
   • 2016, 謝誌豪, “囍”, in 雙生花, performed by 黃妃 [Huang Fei]:

     來問自己　還欠佗一項 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     来问自己　还欠佗一项 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     lâi mn̄g ka-tī, iáu khiàm tó chi̍t hāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I ask myself, which am I still missing?

   佗一個／佗一个 [Hokkien]  ―  tó-chi̍t-ê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  which one

   佗一款 [Hokkien]  ―  tó chi̍t khoán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  which kind

   佗一塊／佗一块 [Hokkien]  ―  tó chi̍t tè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  which piece

   佗一項／佗一项 [Hokkien]  ―  tó chi̍t hāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  which item or matter

   佗一間／佗一间 [Hokkien]  ―  tó chi̍t keng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  which room or place

   佗一搭 [Hokkien]  ―  tó chi̍t tah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  which place

   佗兩領衫是汝兮？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   佗两领衫是汝兮？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Tó nn̄g niá saⁿ sī lí--ê? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Which two articles of clothing are yours?

佗

1. (Hokkien) where
   • 2011, 巫宇軒, “你置佗 [Where Are You?]”, in 思念會驚 [I Miss U So Much], performed by 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao]:

     參着咖啡過喉燒　不知你到底置佗 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     参着咖啡过喉烧　不知你到底置佗 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chham-tio̍h ka-pi kòe âu sio, m̄ chai lí tàu-té tī toh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016, “雙生花”, in 十方 (lyrics), 方文良 [Neil Fang] (music), 雙生花, performed by 黃妃 [Huang Fei]:

     夢對佗飛　未來佗位找 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     梦对佗飞　未来佗位找 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     bāng tùi toh poe, bī-lâi tó-ūi chhōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

佗

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) contraction of 佗位 (tó-ūi, “where”)
   • 2022, 黃晟翔, “必巡”, in 總會有一工 [Someday], performed by 曾瑋中 [Kuljelje Salevelev]:

     滿四界揣你的人佇佗 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     满四界揣你的人伫佗 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     móa-sì-kè chhōe lí ê lâng tī toeh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

佗

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to add; to impute

   • 舍彼有罪，予之佗矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shě bǐ yǒu zuì, yú zhī tuò yǐ. [Pinyin]

     He lets alone the guilty,
     And imputes guilt to me.

佗

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 馱 / 驮 (“load carried on the back of an animal”)

佗

1. only used in 委佗, alternative form of 委蛇 (wēiyí)

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “佗”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00107

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): た (ta)
• Kun: ほか (hoka, 佗)、わびる (wabiru, 佗びる)

佗 (eum 타 (ta))

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佗: Hán Nôm readings: đà

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