衕

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See also: 同
衕 U+8855, 衕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8855
← 衔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衖 →

Translingual

Han character

衕 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人月口弓 (HOBRN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿴行同 or ⿲彳同亍)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34048
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 832, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8855

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (同) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鮦 *duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ
侗 *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫 *tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs
痌 *tʰoːŋ
同 *doːŋ
仝 *zlon, *doːŋ
銅 *doːŋ
桐 *doːŋ
峒 *doːŋ, *doːŋs
硐 *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
筒 *doːŋ, *doːŋs
洞 *doːŋ, *doːŋs
烔 *doːŋ
挏 *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
酮 *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
鲖
眮 *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕 *doːŋ, *doːŋs
哃 *doːŋ
絧 *doːŋ, *doːŋs
姛 *doːŋʔ
詷 *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
胴 *doːŋs
駧 *doːŋs
迵 *doːŋs
戙 *doːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːŋ, *doːŋs) : semantic 行 + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ).

Etymology 1

trad. 衕/同*
simp. 同*
alternative forms 㣚

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衕 衕
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒紅切 徒弄切
Baxter duwng duwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəwŋ/ /dəwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Wang
Li 		/duŋ/ /duŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱuŋ/ /dʱuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tóng dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tung4 dung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衕 衕
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12460 12478
Phonetic
component 		同 同
Rime
group 		東 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		同 洞
Old
Chinese 		/*doːŋ/ /*doːŋs/

Definitions

衕

  1. † passageway; lane; alley

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 衕

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衕
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒弄切
Baxter duwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/duŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/duŋH/
Wang
Li 		/duŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衕
Reading # 2/2
No. 12478
Phonetic
component 		同
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		洞
Old
Chinese 		/*doːŋs/

Definitions

衕

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) diarrhoea

Japanese

Kanji

衕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. alley
  2. lane

Readings

Korean

Hanja

衕 • (dong, tong) (hangeul 동, 통, revised dong, tong, McCune–Reischauer tong, t'ong, Yale tong, thong)

  1. street
  2. avenue

Vietnamese

Han character

衕: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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