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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木弓戈月 (DNIB), four-corner 47927, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 527, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14811
  • Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1222, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6876

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Etymology

Compare Khmer ថាំង (tung), Thai ถัง (tăng).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (6) (7)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəwŋX/ /dəwŋX/
Li
Rong
/tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Wang
Li
/tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰuŋX/ /dʱuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tǒng dòng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tǒng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thuwngX ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˤoŋʔ/
English bucket

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15431 15435
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰoːŋʔ/ /*l'oːŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. pail, bucket, tub
  2. cask, keg

Synonyms

  • (Min Nan) 桶仔

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. a tub, a bucket

Readings

Etymology 1

(oke): A small oke holding a cat.
(oke): A workman building a large oke.
Kanji in this term
おけ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of (o, flax, ramie) + (ke, a container, especially for foodstuffs or tableware).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana おけ, romaji oke, historical hiragana をけ)

  1. A tube-shaped container for holding split flax or hemp, usually made of thin cypress wood bent to shape.
  2. By extension, a pail, bucket, tub, or basin similar to a barrel in construction, made of long thin pieces of cedar or cypress extending up from a base and held in place with hoops. Can be small enough to carry in one hand, or large enough to bathe in.
  3. (Noh theater) A stool on stage, on which an actor sits.
Synonyms
  • (bucket): バケツ (baketsu)
  • (stool): 床几 (しょうぎ, shōgi), 鬘桶 (かつらおけ, katsura oke)
Idioms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こが
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana こが, romaji koga)

  1. An oke (tub, bucket, basin) or taru (, “barrel”).

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

(tong, yong) (hangeul , , revised tong, yong, McCune-Reischauer t'ong, yong, Yale thong, yong)

  1. ( 통, tong-): barrel, bucket, can, cask, pail, tub, vat, compare ton, Dut. ton ("vat")

Vietnamese

Han character

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