蝀

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蝀 U+8740, 蝀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8740
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Translingual

Han character

蝀 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈木田 (LIDW), four-corner 55196, composition ⿰虫東)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33213
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2860, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8740

Chinese

trad. 蝀
simp. 𬟽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (東) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
東 *toːŋ
菄 *toːŋ
鶇 *toːŋ
倲 *toːŋ
涷 *toːŋ, *toːŋs
蝀 *toːŋ, *toːŋʔ
凍 *toːŋ, *toːŋs
鯟 *toːŋ
崠 *toːŋ
埬 *toːŋ
棟 *toːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *toːŋ, *toːŋʔ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ).

Etymology

Cognate with 虹 (OC *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ). See there for more. Also cognate with Nusu thoŋ³¹ gɹi⁵⁵

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蝀 蝀
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 德紅切 多動切
Baxter tuwng tuwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/təwŋ/ /təwŋX/
Li
Rong 		/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Wang
Li 		/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dōng dǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dung1 dung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝀 蝀
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2440 2445
Phonetic
component 		東 東
Rime
group 		東 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		東 董
Old
Chinese 		/*toːŋ/ /*toːŋʔ/

Definitions

蝀

  1. Only used in 螮蝀／䗖𬟽 (dìdōng, “rainbow”); also used as its short form.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

蝀

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. rainbow

Readings

  • On (unclassified): とう (tō)、つ (tsu)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蝀 (MC tuwng|tuwngX). Recorded as Middle Korean 도ᇰ〯 (twǒng) (Yale: twong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

蝀 (eumhun 무지개 동 (mujigae dong))

  1. hanja form? of 동 (“rainbow”)

References

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