兜

Han character
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Glyph origin

 * a helmet.

Etymology 1
suggests a connection to. See there for more.

Definitions

 * 1) helmet; hood
 * 2) helmet-shaped
 * 3) armor
 * 4) to wrap in a bag; to encase; to carry in a wrap
 * 5) bag; pouch; plastic bag
 * 6) pocket
 * 7) to pocket; to keep; to retain; to acquire dishonestly
 * 8) to reach
 * 9) to move around; to move in a circle
 * 10) to canvass; to solicit
 * 11) to take responsibility for
 * 12) to relate in detail
 * 13) to peddle; to hawk
 * 14)  home
 * 15)  nearby
 * 16)  place; side; location
 * 17)  flat or shallow container; flat or shallow bowl
 * 18)  to contain; to hold in a container; to hold with one's hand(s) in a horizontal positional
 * 19)  to make a detour; to bypass; to deviate
 * 20)  indirect; lengthy; with detours or deviations
 * 21)  to explain one's way out of a bad situation
 * 22)  to scoop with a flat or shallow container
 * 23)  to hit with one's limbs, in a curved trajectory; to slap (someone); to kick
 * 1)  to contain; to hold in a container; to hold with one's hand(s) in a horizontal positional
 * 2)  to make a detour; to bypass; to deviate
 * 3)  indirect; lengthy; with detours or deviations
 * 4)  to explain one's way out of a bad situation
 * 5)  to scoop with a flat or shallow container
 * 6)  to hit with one's limbs, in a curved trajectory; to slap (someone); to kick
 * 1)  to scoop with a flat or shallow container
 * 2)  to hit with one's limbs, in a curved trajectory; to slap (someone); to kick
 * 1)  to scoop with a flat or shallow container
 * 2)  to hit with one's limbs, in a curved trajectory; to slap (someone); to kick

Definitions

 * 1)  some; a few; a little; a bit

Etymology


From. Found in the  of 720 with the reading kaputo.

Derivation currently.


 * A surface analysis might suggest a derivation from . However, that reading derives from older form kagafuru and does not appear until 850, some time after the first appearance of kabuto.


 * An alternative analysis might suggest a compound of . However, the “head” sense with the kabu reading does not appear until near the end of the.


 * Word-medial bilabial plosives usually underwent lenition, shifting along the lines of →  →, then vanishing altogether except where the following vowel was . This lenition often did not happen at morpheme boundaries in compound words. The persistence of the  in kabuto might thus suggest that this term was originally a compound of ka + puto. The ka element is uncertain, possibly the  intensifying prefix added to adjectives; 🇨🇬 puto would be the stem and root of modern , possibly in reference to the protective strength provided by a helmet. This puto would then have undergone  to become buto.
 * Compare the phonology of adjective, composed of this ka- prefix and adjective and demonstrating a similar retention of the bilabial plosive and.

Noun

 * 1) helmet

Hanja

 * 1) (투구 두, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)

Synonyms

 * (주, ju)