Zi:掉
掉 [diào] drop/lower/fall; (aux.) away/up/out/off (丢掉 ‘lose; throw away’, 除掉 ‘eliminate’, 改掉 ‘quit’) [nuò] 持, 举 [nuó] ?
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹diào* 掉 {A} v. ①drop; fall; come off ②lose; be missing ‖ Wǒ de kèběn ∼le yị̄ yè. 我的课本∼了一页。 One page has fallen out of my textbook. ③fall behind ④change ⑤turn ◆cmp. away; down; out; etc. ‖ diū∼ 丢∼ i. lose; ii. cast away ‖ wàng∼ 忘∼ forget ‖ wā∼ 挖∼ dig up
The Shuōwén Seal form of 掉 diào ‘shake (wave/wag/etc.)’ combines 扌(手 shǒu) ‘hand’, and 卓(𠤞) zhuō/zhuó ‘brilliant’ (phonosemantic); the old meaning is explained with the expression 尾大不掉 (lit.) ‘a tail too big to wag’, (fig.) ‘big and inefficient’.
Note: As an auxiliary verb (aux.) or complement: 勾掉 ‘cross out’, 戒掉 ‘give up’, 落掉 ‘leave out’, 扔掉 ‘throw away’.
Compare: 卓(𠤞𢂦) zhuō/zhuó ‘brilliant’ (焯); 桌 zhuō ‘table’; 罩(𦋚) zhào ‘bamboo fishing trap/net’; 悼 dào ‘fear; grieve’.
HDZ: 掉 : diào : 摆动, 摇动; 振, 振动; 摆弄, 卖弄; 扶正, 整理; 交替, 调换; 转; 落 (往下落 (掉眼泪, 掉雨点儿); 落在后面 (永不掉队)); 减少, 降低 (掉膘, 掉价); 失落; (助词) (丢掉, 改掉, 打掉); 踔: 悬掷, 腾跃 • nuò : 持, 举
►references: Guǎngyùn:296.53,413.04,467.12; Wieger:143f; Karlgren:AD1234,GSR1126m; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1896.1; Mathews:6278; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:436.20; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:179.1.07; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: diuh-
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