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侗

侗	U+4F97, 侗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F97

← 侖
[U+4F96]

CJK Unified Ideographs

侘 →
[U+4F98]

Translingual

Han character

侗 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人月一口 (OBMR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻同)

References

KangXi: page 102, character 12

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 601

Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 148, character 2

Unihan data for U+4F97

Chinese

simp. and trad.		侗

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侗

**Small seal script**
s05704

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (large seal) and
Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (同) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鮦	duʔ, doŋʔ
侗	tʰoːŋ, tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫	tʰoːŋ, doːŋs
痌	*tʰoːŋ
同	*doːŋ
仝	zlon, doːŋ
銅	*doːŋ
桐	*doːŋ
峒	doːŋ, doːŋs
硐	doːŋ, doːŋʔ
筒	doːŋ, doːŋs
洞	doːŋ, doːŋs
烔	*doːŋ
挏	doːŋ, doːŋʔ
酮	doːŋ, doːŋʔ
鲖	*doːŋ
眮	doːŋ, doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕	doːŋ, doːŋs
哃	*doːŋ
絧	doːŋ, doːŋs
姛	*doːŋʔ
詷	doːŋʔ, doːŋs
胴	*doːŋs
駧	*doːŋs
迵	*doːŋs
戙	*doːŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dòng, tóng (dong⁴, tong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶, tung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Wade-Giles: tung⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Wade-Giles: t'ung²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongr
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶, tung⁴
  - Yale: duhng, tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶, tung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²²/, /tʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /duŋ/, /tʰuŋ/, /tʰuŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	侗	侗	侗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒紅切	他紅切	他孔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/tʰəwŋ/	/tʰəwŋ^X/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	tōng	tǒng

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰoːŋ/, /*tʰoːŋʔ/, /*doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侗	侗	侗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12442	12445	12454
Phonetic component	同	同	同
Rime group	東	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	通	侗	同
Old Chinese	/*tʰoːŋ/	/*tʰoːŋʔ/	/*doːŋ/

Definitions

侗

Japanese

Kanji

侗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: とう (tō), つ (tsu), ず (zu), どう (dō)

Kun: おろか (oroka), いたむ (itamu), かたち (katachi), なほい (nahoi), まこと (makoto), つつしむ (tsutsushimu)

Korean

Hanja

侗 • ‎(dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong)

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