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U+8855, 衕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8855

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 144, +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人月口弓 (HOBRN), four-corner 21221, composition or )

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

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

Etymology 1

trad. /*
simp. *
alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (7) (7)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/ /dʱuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung4 dung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12460 12478
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋ/ /*doːŋs/

Definitions

  1. passageway; lane; alley

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



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

Definitions

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) diarrhoea

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. alley
  2. lane

Readings

  • On (unclassified): とう () (zu)
  • Kun: ちまた (chimata)

Korean

Hanja

(dong, tong) (hangeul , , revised dong, tong, McCune–Reischauer tong, t'ong, Yale tong, thong)

  1. street
  2. avenue

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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