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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 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: tun4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
- IPA (key): /tu̯ən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: deon6
- Yale: deuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: doen6
- IPA (key): /tɵn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūn
- Tâi-lô: tūn
- Phofsit Daibuun: dun
- IPA (Xiamen): /tun²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tun⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tun²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /tun³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun³³/
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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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) | |
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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
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: chuan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯a̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cyun5
- Yale: chyúhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn5
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰyːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Rime | |
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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) | |
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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
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: t'un2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
- IPA (key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
Rime | |
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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) | |
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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
- (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
Han character
- Hán Việt: xộn
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