僮
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Translingual
Han character
僮 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿土 (OYTG), four-corner 20214, composition ⿰亻童)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1132
- Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 221, character 4
- Unihan data for U+50EE
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
僮 | |
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| alternative forms | 童 boy servant 偅 働／动 𭜀 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 僮 | ||
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| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 撞 | *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs |
| 幢 | *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs |
| 橦 | *rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 噇 | *rdoːŋ |
| 𩪘 | *rdoːŋ |
| 艟 | *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ |
| 憧 | *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ |
| 畽 | *tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 董 | *toːŋʔ |
| 蕫 | *toːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 箽 | *toːŋʔ |
| 懂 | *toːŋʔ |
| 湩 | *toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs |
| 曈 | *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 童 | *doːŋ |
| 僮 | *doːŋ |
| 瞳 | *doːŋ |
| 罿 | *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 犝 | *doːŋ |
| 潼 | *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 穜 | *doːŋ, *doŋ |
| 動 | *doːŋʔ |
| 慟 | *doːŋs |
| 堹 | *toŋs |
| 諥 | *toŋs |
| 蹱 | *tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ |
| 重 | *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs |
| 緟 | *doŋ, *doŋs |
| 蝩 | *doŋ |
| 褈 | *doŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 鐘 | *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 鍾 | *tjoŋ |
| 籦 | *tjoŋ |
| 種 | *tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs |
| 腫 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 踵 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 歱 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 喠 | *tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ |
| 偅 | *tjoŋs |
| 衝 | *tʰjoŋ |
| 揰 | *tʰjoŋs |
| 尰 | *djoŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːŋ) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Definitions
僮
- † boy
- † servant
- (historical) page; boy servant
- † ignorant
- † Alternative form of 動／动 (dòng)
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
See 壯.
Pronunciation
Definitions
僮
Compounds
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 僮 – see 蹱. (This character is a variant form of 蹱). |
References
- “僮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
僮 (eum 동 (dong))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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