腿

腿 U+817F, 腿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-817F ← 腾 [U+817E] CJK Unified Ideographs 膀 → [U+8180]

Translingual

Han character

腿 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月卜日女 (BYAV), four-corner 7723₃, composition ⿰⺼退)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 990, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29747
• Dae Jaweon: page 1443, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2099, character 12
• Unihan data for U+817F

Chinese

trad.		腿
simp. #		腿
alternative forms		𦚣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (退) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
腿	*n̥ʰuːlʔ
退	*n̥ʰuːbs
褪	*n̥ʰuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *n̥ʰuːlʔ) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 退 (OC *n̥ʰuːbs).

Etymology

Originally 骽 (OC *n̥ʰuːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tuǐ (tui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tui³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туй (tuy, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thúi
• Eastern Min (BUC): tōi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tui²

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵the / ³the
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui³
    • Yale: twěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toei
    • Palladius: туй (tuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туй (tuy, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: teoi²
    • Yale: téui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thúi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰøy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thúi
    • Tâi-lô: thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵the
    • MiniDict: the^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²the
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe³⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³the
    • MiniDict: the^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰe⁵¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe̞i̯⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: thwojX

Rime
Character	腿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	吐猥切
Baxter	thwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰwəjX/
Li Rong	/tʰuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/tʰuɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰuːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腿
Reading #	1/1
No.	12535
Phonetic component	退
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	骽
Old Chinese	/*n̥ʰuːlʔ/
Notes	俗骽字應爲妥聲

Definitions

腿

1. leg (Classifier: 條／条)

   大腿  ―  dàtuǐ  ―  thigh

   小腿  ―  xiǎotuǐ  ―  lower leg

2. base; leg; foundation

   桌腿  ―  zhuōtuǐ  ―  leg of the table

3. (in compounds) ham

   金腿  ―  jīntuǐ  ―  Jinhua ham

   宣腿  ―  xuāntuǐ  ―  Xuanwei ham

   腿蛋治 [Cantonese]  ―  teoi² daan^6-2 zi⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  ham and egg sandwich

4. (Xiang) to joke

   你莫腿囉。／你莫腿啰。 [Xiang]  ―  nyi³ mo⁶ tei³ lo [Wiktionary]  ―  You don't joke.

Synonyms

• (leg): (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Leizhou) 跤腿; (Hokkien) 跤骨; (Wu) 腳髈／脚膀; (Xiang) 腳欛子／脚欛子
• (ham): 火腿 (huǒtuǐ)

See also

• 腳／脚 (jiǎo)

Compounds

• 一條腿兒／一条腿儿
• 二郎腿 (èrlángtuǐ)
• 伸腿 (shēntuǐ)
• 伸腿瞪眼
• 兩腿發軟／两腿发软
• 劈腿 (pǐtuǐ)
• 南腿
• 吃床腿
• 大腿 (dàtuǐ)
• 大腿舞
• 宣腿 (xuāntuǐ)
• 寒腿 (hántuǐ)
• 小腿 (xiǎotuǐ)
• 小腿骨
• 就棍打腿
• 彈腿／弹腿
• 後腿／后腿 (hòutuǐ)
• 慌腿
• 打軟腿兒／打软腿儿
• 扯後腿／扯后腿 (chě hòutuǐ)
• 扯腿 (chětuǐ)
• 抖腿 (dǒutuǐ)
• 拖後腿／拖后腿 (tuō hòutuǐ)
• 抽後腿／抽后腿
• 拉後腿／拉后腿 (lā hòutuǐ)
• 抱粗腿 (bào cūtuǐ)
• 拔腿 (bátuǐ)
• 拍腿
• 抱腿兒／抱腿儿
• 拔腿就跑
• 拿腿
• 掃堂腿／扫堂腿
• 掣後腿／掣后腿
• 捲腿褲／卷腿裤
• 撒腿
• 旁腿
• 旁腿躺身
• 有一腿 (yǒu yītuǐ)
• 歇腿
• 泥腿
• 泥腿光棍
• 洋火腿
• 潭腿
• 火燎腿
• 火腿 (huǒtuǐ)
• 火腿族
• 狗腿 (gǒutuǐ)
• 狗腿子 (gǒutuǐzi)
• 獨腳腿／独脚腿
• 瘸腿 (quétuǐ)
• 盤腿／盘腿 (pántuǐ)
• 盤腿而坐／盘腿而坐
• 綁腿／绑腿 (bǎngtuǐ)
• 羅圈腿／罗圈腿 (luóquāntuǐ)
• 腰腿 (yāotuǐ)
• 腿套
• 腿子
• 腿帶／腿带
• 腿庫／腿库 (thúi-khò͘) (Min Nan)
• 腿彎子／腿弯子
• 腿懃／腿勤
• 腿法
• 腿肚子 (tuǐdùzi)
• 腿脡
• 腿腕子 (tuǐwànzi)
• 腿腳／腿脚
• 腿花
• 腿酸
• 腿骨
• 花拳繡腿／花拳绣腿 (huāquánxiùtuǐ)
• 花牛腿
• 花腿
• 螞蚍叮腿／蚂蚍叮腿
• 裹腿 (guǒtuǐ)
• 褲腿／裤腿 (kùtuǐ)
• 護腿／护腿 (hùtuǐ)
• 跑腿 (pǎotuǐ)
• 跑腿子 (pǎotuǐzi)
• 踢腿 (tītuǐ)
• 蹩馬腿／蹩马腿
• 金腿 (jīntuǐ)
• 金腿 (jīntuǐ)
• 雲腿／云腿 (yúntuǐ)
• 飛毛腿／飞毛腿 (fēimáotuǐ)
• 飛腿／飞腿
• 騙腿／骗腿 (piàntuǐ)
• 鬼扯腿
• 鴨子腿／鸭子腿
• 麻蚍叮腿

 

References

• “腿”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

腿

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai)
• Kun: もも (momo, 腿)

Noun

腿(もも) • (momo) 

1. a thigh
2. knees

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 腿 (MC thwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 퇴〯 (thwǒy) (Yale: thwoy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

腿 (eumhun 넓적다리 퇴 (neopjeokdari toe))

1. hanja form^? of 퇴 (“thigh”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 대퇴 (大腿, daetoe)
• 대퇴골 (大腿骨, daetoegol)
• 대퇴부 (大腿部, daetoebu)
• 대퇴절 (大腿節, daetoejeol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Okinawan

Kanji

腿

(Hyōgai kanji)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mumu/

Noun

腿(むむ) (mumu) 

1. thigh, lap

Derived terms

• 腿(むむ)枕(まっくゎ) (mumu makkwa, “resting one's head on someone's lap”)

Vietnamese

Han character

腿: Hán Nôm readings: thối, thoái, thói, thỗi, thoãi

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