僮

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僮 U+50EE, 僮
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Translingual

Han character

僮 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿土 (OYTG), four-corner 20214, composition ⿰亻童)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 221, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+50EE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 僮
alternative forms 童 boy servant
偅
働／动
𭜀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僮
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撞 *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢 *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦 *rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇 *rdoːŋ
𩪘 *rdoːŋ
艟 *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧 *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽 *tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董 *toːŋʔ
蕫 *toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽 *toːŋʔ
懂 *toːŋʔ
湩 *toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈 *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童 *doːŋ
僮 *doːŋ
瞳 *doːŋ
罿 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝 *doːŋ
潼 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜 *doːŋ, *doŋ
動 *doːŋʔ
慟 *doːŋs
堹 *toŋs
諥 *toŋs
蹱 *tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重 *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟 *doŋ, *doŋs
蝩 *doŋ
褈 *doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘 *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾 *tjoŋ
籦 *tjoŋ
種 *tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫 *tjoŋʔ
踵 *tjoŋʔ
歱 *tjoŋʔ
喠 *tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅 *tjoŋs
衝 *tʰjoŋ
揰 *tʰjoŋs
尰 *djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋ) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒紅切
Baxter duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/duŋ/
Wang
Li 		/duŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僮
Reading # 1/1
No. 17440
Phonetic
component 		重
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		同
Old
Chinese 		/*doːŋ/

Definitions

僮

  1. † boy
  2. † servant
  3. (historical) page; boy servant
  4. † ignorant
  5. † Alternative form of 動 / 动 (dòng)
  6. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

See 壯.

Pronunciation

Definitions

僮

  1. (obsolete) (～族) Alternative name for 壯／壮 (zhuàng, “Zhuang (people)”).

Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 僮 – see 蹱.
(This character is a variant form of 蹱).

References

Japanese

Kanji

僮

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. child
    Synonym: 童
  2. fool, foolish
    Synonym: 愚
  3. servant
    Synonym: 妾

Readings

  • Go-on: ずう (zū)
  • Kan-on: とう (tō)
  • Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)
  • Kun: しもべ (shimobe, 僮)、わらべ (warabe, 僮)、おろか (oroka, 僮か)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

僮 (eum 동 (dong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

僮: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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