毒

毒 U+6BD2, 毒 ← 毑[U+6BD1] CJK Unified Ideographs 毓 →[U+6BD3] Traditional 毒 Simplified 毒 Japanese 毒 Korean 毒

毒 (Kangxi radical 80, 毋+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 9 strokes in simplified Chinese, Cangjie input 手一田卜戈 (QMWYI), four-corner 50507, composition ⿱龶母(GKV) or ⿱龶毋(HTJ))

• 瑇 碡 蝳 䓯 纛 𠉩 𠷮 𢃶 𢝂 𭡡 𣕬 𣥽 𤚚 𧛔 𨂭 𨍛 𩹝(𬶡) 𣫹 𤸚 𣫵 𣫶 𭖪 𦑢 𧔄

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 589, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16730
• Dae Jaweon: page 981, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2382, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6BD2

Chen, Jian (2020): Pictogram (象形) of a woman wearing a feathered ornament on her head – original form of 纛 (OC *duːɡs, *duːɡ, “feathered ornament”). Later borrowed for 毒 (OC *l’uːɡ, “poison”). If this is the correct interpretation, see also 每.

Alternatively, Li Xueqin (2012) proposes it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l’uːɡ): semantic 屮 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 毐 (OC *ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ), meaning “a type of poisonous plant.”

“poison” From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk ~ tuk (“poison; to poison”). Cognate with Tibetan དུག (dug, “poison; toxin”), གདུག (gdug), གདུག་པ (gdug pa, “vicious; evil; poisonous”), Burmese တောက် (tauk, “to suffer from toxicity; to be ill; to be poisonous”). “to poison” (Pronunciation 2) A departing tone variant, meaning “to poison”, is preserved in southern varieties, including Cantonese, Hakka, Min, southern Gan, and southern Wu. It is derived from the sense “poison” with the *-s suffix in Old Chinese. “nerdy” Derived from 毒撚. trad. 毒 simp. # 毒 alternative forms

毒

1. poison; toxin; venom; bane 有毒 ― yǒudú ― poisonous
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calamity; disaster; trouble
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pain; suffering
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) crime; evil
5. to poison; to administer poison to 毒死蟑螂 ― dúsǐ zhāngláng ― to kill cockroaches with poison
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to harm; to injure
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hate; to resent
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 督 (dū, “to manage; to govern”)
9. poisonous; noxious 毒蛇 ― dúshé ― venomous snake 毒氣／毒气 ― dúqì ― poisonous gas
10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) heavy; thick
11. (figurative) pernicious influence; harmful influence 餘毒／余毒 ― yúdú ― residual poison
12. severe; fierce; violent 外面的太陽很毒。 [MSC, trad.]外面的太阳很毒。 [MSC, simp.]Wàimiàn de tàiyáng hěn dú. [Pinyin]The sun outside is very fierce.
13. malicious; cruel; sinister 他的心腸真毒！／他的心肠真毒！ ― Tā de xīncháng zhēn dú! ― How cruel is he!
14. (literary, or in compounds) narcotics; narcotic drugs 吸毒 ― xīdú ― to take drugs (of illicit or recreational nature) 販毒／贩毒 ― fàndú ― to traffic in narcotics
15. (Hong Kong Cantonese) nerdy

• (narcotics): 毒品 (dúpǐn)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: thuốc (“drug”)
• → Zhuang: doeg (“poison; to poison; evil”)

trad. 毒 simp. # 毒 alternative forms 杜 Cantonese餖／饾 Hakka透 Eastern Min

毒

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wenzhounese, colloquial) to poison; to administer poison to

trad. 毒 simp. # 毒 alternative forms 𭖪

毒

1. only used in 毒冒, an alternative form of 玳瑁 (dàimào)

trad. 毒 simp. # 毒 alternative forms 踱喥

毒

1. (Northern Wu) alternative form of 踱 (8doq, “dumb,dull”)

• “毒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. poison

• Go-on: どく (doku, Jōyō)、だい (dai)
• Kan-on: とく (toku)、たい (tai)
• Kun: そこなう (sokonau, 毒なう)、わるい (warui, 毒い)、ぶす (busu)

Kanji in this term 毒 どくGrade: 5 on’yomi

• (Tokyo) どく [dòkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA(key): [do̞kɯ̟]

• Homophone: 退く

毒(どく) • (doku)

1. poison, toxin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [독]

毒 (eumhun 독 독 (dok dok))

1. hanja form? of 독 (“poison”)

• 독약 (毒藥, dogyak, “poison”)
• 해독 (解毒, haedok, “detoxification”)
• 독사 (毒蛇, doksa, “venomous snake”)

毒 (eumhun 거북 대 (geobuk dae))

1. alternative form of 玳 (“hanja form? of 대 (“turtle”)”)
2. alternative form of 瑇 (“hanja form? of 대 (“turtle”)”)

毒: Hán Nôm readings: độc, nọc

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