滝

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See also: 瀧 and 泷
滝 U+6EDD, 滝
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Translingual

Traditional 瀧
Shinjitai 滝
Simplified 泷

Han character

滝 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水卜廿山 (EYTU), four-corner 30116, composition ⿰氵竜)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 643, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18067
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1706, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6EDD

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 滝 – see 瀧 (“appearance of raining; wet; soaked; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 瀧).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

滝

Kyūjitai

瀧

Kanji

滝

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 瀧)

  1. waterfall, cascade
  2. rapids

Readings

From Middle Chinese 瀧 (MC laewng); compare Mandarin 瀧／泷 (lóng):

  • Go-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)

From Middle Chinese 瀧 (MC luwng); compare Mandarin 瀧／泷 (lóng):

From Middle Chinese 瀧 (MC sraewng); compare Mandarin 瀧／泷 (shuāng):

From native Japanese roots:

Etymology

Kanji in this term
滝
たき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
瀧 (kyūjitai)
瀑

/taki1/ → /taki/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

滝(たき) • (taki) 

  1. waterfall
    • c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 8, poem 1035), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 54)
      滝(たき)の音(おと)は絶(た)えて久(ひさ)しくなりぬれど名(な)こそ流(なが)れてなほ聞(き)こえけれ
      taki no oto wa taete hisashiku narinuredo na koso nagarete nao kikoekere
      The waterfall's sound faded into nothingness a long time ago―but its name has come down still to be heard today.[2]
  2. (archaic) rapids
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 15, poem 3617:
      , text here
      伊波婆之流(いはばしる)多伎(たき)毛登杼呂尓(もとどろに)鳴(なく)蝉(せみ)乃(の)許恵乎之伎氣婆(こゑをしきけば)京師(みやこ)之於毛保由(しおもほゆ) [Man'yōgana]
      石(いは)走(ばし)る滝(たき)もとどろに鳴(な)く蝉(せみ)の声(こゑ)をし聞(き)けば都(みやこ)し思(おも)ほゆ [Modern spelling]
      iwa-bashiru taki mo todoro ni naku semi no koe o shikikeba miyako shi omōyu
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

Proper noun

滝(たき) • (Taki) 

  1. A placename.
  2. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 223

Korean

Hanja

滝 (eumhun 젖을 롱 (jeojeul rong), word-initial (South Korea) 젖을 농 (jeojeul nong))

  1. Alternative form of 瀧

References

  • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 竜 (long)

Han character

滝: Nôm readings: sông[3][4][1][2], lùng[3][4], sòng[3], suồng[3], trong[3], rông[1], rồng[1], suông[1], long[5]

  1. Nôm form of sông (“river”).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Trần (2004).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bonet (1899).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Nguyễn (2014).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  5. ^ Hồ (1976).
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