撞

Translingual

Han character

撞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手卜廿土 (QYTG), four-corner 5001₄, composition ⿰扌童)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12717
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1961, character 9
• Unihan data for U+649E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 撞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

撞

1. to hit; to bump against; to strike; to run into; to collide

   她被車撞了。／她被车撞了。  ―  Tā bèi chē zhuàng le.  ―  She was hit by a car.

   我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ zài hēi'àn zhōng zhuàng shàng le yī bǎ yǐzǐ.

   In the dark, I bumped into a chair.

   瓶子撞到了牆上。 [MSC, trad.]
   瓶子撞到了墙上。 [MSC, simp.]

   Píngzi zhuàng dào le qiáng shàng.

   The bottle smashed against a wall.

   佢喺條街到撞到條燈柱。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢喺条街到撞到条灯柱。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ hai² tiu⁴ gaai¹ dou³ zong⁶ dou^3-2 tiu⁴ dang¹ cyu⁵.

   He bumped into a lamppost on the street.

2. to rush
3. to meet by chance; to bump into; to come across; to encounter

   在碰到你之前，我剛剛撞上他。 [MSC, trad.]
   在碰到你之前，我刚刚撞上他。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài pèngdào nǐ zhīqián, wǒ gānggāng zhuàng shàng tā.

   I just ran into him before I met you.

4. (of events) to clash; to coincide

   撞咗時間／撞咗时间 [Cantonese]  ―  zong⁶ zo² si⁴ gaan³   ―  to have a time clash

5. to coincide

   撞名 [Cantonese]  ―  zong⁶ meng^4-2   ―  to share the same name

6. (Cantonese) to guess (clarification of this definition is needed)

   撞密碼／撞密码 [Cantonese]  ―  zong⁶ mat⁶ maa⁵   ―  to guess a password by bruteforce

Synonyms

• (to collide):

• (to rush): 猛沖／猛冲 (měngchōng)
• (to encounter):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yō-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: つく (tsuku, 撞く)

Korean

Hanja

撞 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

撞: Hán Nôm readings: chàng, tràng

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