Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: , , , , and
U+7A97, 窗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A97

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
12 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 116, +7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹田水 (JCHWE) or 十金竹田大 (JCHWK), four-corner 30608, composition (GJKV) or (HT))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25517
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2731, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7A97

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (hole) + (window).

Etymology

From circumstantial noun prefix *s- + (OC l̥ˤoŋ, “to penetrate”), literally "where light penetrates" (Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation


Note: tong1* - as a standalone noun.
Note:
  • té̤ng - vernacular;
  • chó̤ng - literary.
Note:
  • thang - vernacular;
  • chhong - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰuɑŋ²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /p͡fʰaŋ²¹/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /p͡fʰɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
/t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰuã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰuɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /suə¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰuɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰz̩ʷɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕʰyɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰo³¹/
Tunxi /t͡sʰau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰyan³³/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂʰɔn³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰœŋ⁵⁵/
Nanning /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰœŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
/tʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰouŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰeŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hiaŋ²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (19)
Final () (9)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter tsrhaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰˠʌŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚɔŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰɔŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰɔŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰɔŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰɔŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chuāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chuāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsrhæwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-l̥ˁ<r>oŋ/
English window

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1807
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰroːŋ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. window (Classifier: m;  c;  c)
      ―  chuānglián  ―  window blinds
    打開打开 [Cantonese]  ―  daa2 hoi1 go3 coeng1   ―  to open the window

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Korean: 창(窓) (chang)
  • Vietnamese: song ()

Others:

References

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Kanji in this term
まど
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
まど6
window
(regional, dialect, Etchū region) a deep gap in a mountain ridge (so called for the way the wind blows through, like a window)
(Internet slang, dated) Windows (an operating system)
Alternative spellings
,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

(chang) (hangeul )

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: song

  1. (archaic, literary) window
  2. Short for chấn song (upright post in a paling or railing).
    sau song sắt
    behind (iron) bars