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Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*duʔ, *doŋʔ
*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
*tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs
*tʰoːŋ
*doːŋ
*zlon, *doːŋ
*doːŋ
*doːŋ
*doːŋ, *doːŋs
*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
*doːŋ, *doːŋs
*doːŋ, *doːŋs
*doːŋ
*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
*doːŋ
*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
*doːŋ, *doːŋs
*doːŋ
*doːŋ, *doːŋs
*doːŋʔ
*doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
*doːŋs
*doːŋs
*doːŋs
*doːŋs

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

Han character

(radical 144 +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人月口弓 (HOBRN), four-corner 21221, composition)

  1. alley, lane

References

  • KangXi: page 1109, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34048
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 832, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8855

Chinese

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simp.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (7) (7)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/ /dəwŋH/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/ /dʱuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng dòng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12460 12478
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋ/ /*doːŋs/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 衚衕胡同 (hútòng).

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. alley
  2. lane

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. street
  2. avenue

Vietnamese

Han character

(đồng)

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