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Translingual

Han character

(radical 109 +12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜廿土 (BUYTG), four-corner 60014, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 818, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23707
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2514, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+77B3

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
*rdoːŋ
𩪘 *rdoːŋ
*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
*toːŋʔ
*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
*toːŋʔ
*toːŋʔ
*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
*doːŋ
*doːŋ
*doːŋ
罿 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
*doːŋ
*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
*doːŋ, *doŋ
*doːŋʔ
*doːŋs
*toŋs
*toŋs
*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
*doŋ, *doŋs
*doŋ
*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
*tjoŋ
*tjoŋ
*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
*tjoŋʔ
*tjoŋʔ
*tjoŋʔ
*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
*tjoŋs
*tʰjoŋ
*tʰjoŋs
*djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *doːŋ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *doːŋ).

Etymology

From (OC *doːŋ, “child”). Compare English pupil (‘child’ > student; pupil of eye) for a similar semantic development.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17441
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋ/

Definitions

  1. inexperienced; ignorant
  2. (anatomy) pupil of eye
  3. sight; vision; view
  4. to see

Compounds

  • 打瞳
  • 瞳人 (tóngrén)
  • 瞳人兒瞳人儿
  • 瞳仁 (tóngrén)
  • 瞳仁兒瞳仁儿
  • 瞳子 (tóngzǐ)
  • 瞳孔 (tóngkǒng)
  • 瞳矇瞳蒙
  • 重瞳
  • 雙瞳翦水双瞳翦水

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

(hiragana ひとみ, romaji hitomi)

  1. (anatomy) pupil

Proper noun

(hiragana ひとみ, romaji Hitomi)

  1. A female given name

Korean

Hanja

(dong) (hangeul , revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong, Yale tong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(đồng)

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Readings

  • Nôm: đồng, tròng

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999