瞳

瞳 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜廿土 (BUYTG), four-corner 6001₄, composition ⿰目童)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 818, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23707
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2514, character 12
• Unihan data for U+77B3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ).

From 童 (OC *doːŋ, “child”). Compare English pupil (“‘child’ > student; pupil of eye”) for a similar semantic development.

瞳

1. ^† inexperienced; ignorant
2. (anatomy) pupil of eye
3. ^† sight; vision; view
4. ^† to see

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: ずう (zū)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yō-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi, 瞳, Jōyō)

• 瞳孔(どうこう) (dōkō)

Likely 人(ひと) (hito, “person”) + 見(み) (mi, “see”), in reference to one's own reflection when staring into someone else's eyes. Compare Latin pūpilla, of the same derivation.

瞳(ひとみ) • (hitomi) 

1. (anatomy) pupil
2. (poetic) eye

   瞳(ひとみ)に映(うつ)る景色(けしき)

   hitomi ni utsuru keshiki

   the scene reflected in one's eyes

   瞳(ひとみ)を閉(と)じる

   hitomi o tojiru

   to close one's eyes

瞳(ひとみ) • (Hitomi) 

1. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 瞳 (MC duwng).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

瞳

Wikisource

瞳 (eumhun 눈동자 동 (nundongja dong))

1. hanja form^? of 동 (“pupil”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

瞳: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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• Nôm: đồng, tròng

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999