趟

趟 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土人火月口 (GOFBR), four-corner 4980₂, composition ⿺走尚)

• 𢸋

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1218, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37189
• Dae Jaweon: page 1688, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3492, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8D9F

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs) : semantic 走 (“run”) + phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs).

趟

1. Classifier for journeys or occasions.

   白走一趟  ―  bái zǒu yī tàng  ―  to go somewhere in vain

   伊已經去了幾趟了，但是尋勿到儂呢。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   伊已经去了几趟了，但是寻勿到侬呢。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶yi ⁵i-cin ⁵chi-leq ⁵ci-thaon ⁰leq ⁶de-zy ⁶zhin-veq-tau ⁶non ⁰neq [Wugniu]

   He's already been several times, yet he can't seem to find you.

   • 沿地雲遊數十遭，到處閑行百餘趟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     沿地云游数十遭，到处闲行百余趟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Yán dì yúnyóu shù shí zāo, dàochù xiánxíng bǎi yú tàng.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 我們也有個園子，園子裡頭也有果子，你明日也嘗嘗，帶些家去，也算是看親戚一趟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我们也有个园子，园子里头也有果子，你明日也尝尝，带些家去，也算是看亲戚一趟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Wǒmen yě yǒu ge yuánzi, yuánzi lǐtóu yě yǒu guǒzi, nǐ míngrì yě cháng cháng, dài xiē jiā qù, yě suàn shì kàn qīnqī yī tàng.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1919, Lu Xun, “藥”, in 吶喊, 北新書局, published 1928, page 38:

     店裏坐着許多人，老栓也忙了，提著大銅壺，一趟一趟的給客人沖茶。 [MSC, trad.]
     店里坐着许多人，老栓也忙了，提着大铜壶，一趟一趟的给客人冲茶。 [MSC, simp.]

     Diàn lǐ zuò zhe xǔduō rén, Lǎoshuān yě máng le, tí zhe dà tóng hú, yī tàng yī tàng de gěi kèrén chōngchá.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Classifier for sets of martial arts sequences.
3. (dialectal) Classifier for streets or things arranged in a row.
4. something that is going on

   跟不上趟  ―  gēnbùshàng tàng  ―  to lag behind

• → Zhuang: dangq (“time (frequency)”)

趟

1. Alternative form of 蹚 (tāng, “to wade; to ford”)

趟

1. Used in 䞴趟 (“jumping; leaping”).
2. (ideophonic) jumping; leaping

趟

1. Only used in 䞴趟 (“walking; tottering; staggering”).

趟

1. Only used in 䞴趟 (“escaping in fear”).

趟 (Cantonese)

1. to slide open or close

   趟開度門／趟开度门 [Cantonese]  ―  tong³ hoi¹ dou⁶ mun⁴   ―  to slide open a door

• “趟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): とう (tō)、ちょう (chō)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: おどる (odoru)