倘

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倘 U+5018, 倘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5018
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 候 →

Translingual

Han character

倘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人火月口 (OFBR), four-corner 29227, composition ⿰亻尚 (GTV) or ⿰亻尙 (JK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 774
  • Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 177, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5018

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 倘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
當 *taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠 *taːŋ
鐺 *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹 *taːŋ
璫 *taːŋ
檔 *taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅 *taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷 *taːŋ
擋 *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨 *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜 *taːŋʔ
欓 *taːŋʔ
譡 *taːŋs
闣 *taːŋs
瓽 *taːŋs
鏜 *tʰaːŋ
闛 *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞 *tʰaːŋ
曭 *tʰaːŋʔ
儻 *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃 *tʰaːŋʔ
矘 *tʰaːŋʔ
爣 *tʰaːŋʔ
攩 *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌 *tʰaːŋʔ
倘 *tʰaːŋʔ
躺 *tʰaːŋʔ
趟 *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂 *daːŋ
坣 *daːŋ
棠 *daːŋ
糛 *daːŋ
螳 *daːŋ
隚 *daːŋ
橖 *daːŋ
掌 *tjaŋʔ
廠 *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞 *tʰjaŋʔ
僘 *tʰjaŋʔ
氅 *tʰjaŋʔ
常 *djaŋ
嘗 *djaŋ
裳 *djaŋ
徜 *djaŋ
尚 *djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞 *djaŋ
鋿 *djaŋ
嫦 *djaŋ
償 *djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞 *hjaŋʔ
瞠 *rtʰaːŋ
撐 *rtʰaːŋ
樘 *rtʰaːŋ
橕 *rtʰaːŋ
牚 *rtʰaːŋs
埫 *tʰoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰaːŋʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Definitions

倘

  1. (obsolete) suprised and confused
  2. (literary) leisurely; natural; at ease
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) if; supposing; in case
    倘空位不敷應用，請另頁書寫
    倘空位不敷应用，请另页书写
    tong2 hung1 wai2 bat1 fu1 jing1 jung6, cing2 ling6 jip6 syu1 se2
    If space runs out, please continue writing on a new page.
  4. (historical dictionaries only) stopped; stationary
  5. (historical dictionaries only) bewildered; disoriented
  6. Used in 迷離倘恍／迷离倘恍.
  7. Alternative form of 儻 / 傥 (tǎng), Used in 倘來／倘来 and 俶倘.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 要是, 要
Taiwan 要是, 要, 如果
Malaysia 如果
Singapore 如果
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 要是
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 要是
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 要是, 假比
Wuhan 要是
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 要是, 要, 假使
Hefei 要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese Guangzhou 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
Hong Kong 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
Macau 假如
Taishan 如果, 若果, 假使
Kaiping (Chikan) 若果
Yangjiang 設若
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 如果
Singapore (Guangfu) 如果
Gan Nanchang 要是, 若是
Lichuan 假使
Hakka Meixian 係話, 若係, 如果
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 若果, 係講, 係話
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 係講, 若係, 假使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 係講, 若係, 假使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 係講, 若係, 假使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
Kuching (Hepo) 假使
Jin Taiyuan 要是
Northern Min Jian'ou 來是, 如果
Pucheng (Shibei) 來是, 如果
Eastern Min Fuzhou 儷是, 若還
Southern Min Xiamen 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Quanzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
Zhangzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Tainan 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
Penang (Hokkien) 若是, 若準
Singapore (Hokkien) 若是
Manila (Hokkien) 若是, 若, 假使
Chaozhou 若是
Shantou 如果
Jieyang 若, 若是
Singapore (Teochew) 若是
Wenchang 但見, 欲
Haikou 麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu Shanghai 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
Suzhou 要, 如果
Wenzhou 若是, 若
Xiang Changsha 要是
Shuangfeng 要是, 要此

Compounds

See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 倘 – see 徜.
(This character is a variant form of 徜).

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

倘

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 通 (thang, “can; may”)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 倘 – see 躺 (“to lie face up; to recline”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 躺).

References

Japanese

Kanji

倘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Kan-on: しょう (shō)、とう (tō)
  • Kun: もし (moshi, 倘し)、たちもとほる (tachimotohoru)

Korean

Hanja

倘 (eum 당 (dang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倘: Hán Nôm readings: thảng, thẳng, người, thoáng, thoảng, thằng, thoang, thoắng

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