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沌

沌

Translingual

Han character

沌 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心山 (EPU), four-corner 35117, composition ⿰氵屯)

References

  • KangXi: page 610, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17193
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1561, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6C8C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 沌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
躉 *tuːnʔ
窀 *rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌 *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹 *tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓 *tuːns
扽 *tuːns
黗 *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨 *tʰuːnʔ
屯 *duːn, *tun
飩 *duːn
豘 *duːn
軘 *duːn
坉 *duːn
邨 *duːn, *stʰuːn
忳 *duːn
芚 *duːn
庉 *duːn, *duːnʔ
囤 *duːnʔ
迍 *tun
杶 *tʰun
瑃 *tʰun
椿 *tʰun
偆 *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫 *tjun
訰 *tjun, *tjuns
純 *tjunʔ, *djun
春 *tʰjun
蠢 *tʰjunʔ
踳 *tʰjunʔ
惷 *tʰjunʔ
蒓 *djun
賰 *hljunʔ
鬊 *hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 屯 ‎(OC *duːn, *tun).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 沌
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒損切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duənX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /duonX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /duənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dwənX/
Li
Rong		 /duənX/
Wang
Li		 /duənX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dùn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沌
Reading # 3/3
No. 12558
Phonetic
component		 屯
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 囤
Old
Chinese		 /*duːnʔ/

Definitions

沌

  1. benighted; ignorant
  2. disorderly; chaotic

Compounds

  • 悶沌沌／闷沌沌
  • 混沌 (hùndùn)
  • 混沌世界
  • 混混沌沌

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 沌
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 持兖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖwianX/
Li
Rong		 /ȡjuɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭwɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhuàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沌
Reading # 1/3
No. 12539
Phonetic
component		 屯
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 篆
Old
Chinese		 /*donʔ/

Definitions

沌

  1. (～河) Zhuan River (river in Hubei Province)
  2. Only used in 沌口 (“name of an ancient county”).

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 沌
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒渾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duən/
Pan
Wuyun		 /duon/
Shao
Rongfen		 /duən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dwən/
Li
Rong		 /duən/
Wang
Li		 /duən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tún
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沌
Reading # 2/3
No. 12552
Phonetic
component		 屯
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 屯
Old
Chinese		 /*duːn/

Definitions

沌

  1. (of waves) billowing

Japanese

Kanji

沌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

沌 • ‎(don) (hangeul 돈, revised don, McCune-Reischauer ton, Yale ton)

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Vietnamese

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