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侗
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Translingual
Han character
侗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人月一口 (OBMR), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻同)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 601
- Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4F97
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ)
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
- Wade–Giles: tʻung2
- Yale: túng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
- Palladius: тун (tun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tung4 / tung2
- Yale: tùhng / túng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung4 / tung2
- Guangdong Romanization: tung4 / tung2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/, /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: duwng
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/
Definitions
侗
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 僮 (tóng, “boy; young child”); someone childish or ignorant
- 在後之侗，敬迓天威，嗣守文、武大訓，無敢昏逾。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zài hòu zhī tóng, jìngyà tiānwēi, sìshǒu Wén, Wǔ dàxùn, wú gǎn hūnyú. [Pinyin]
- After them, I, the stupid one, received with reverence the dread (decree) of Heaven, and continued to keep the great instructions of Wen and Wu, not daring blindly to transgress them.
在后之侗，敬迓天威，嗣守文、武大训，无敢昏逾。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- (literary) childish; unenlightened; ignorant
- 子曰：「狂而不直，侗而不愿，悾悾而不信，吾不知之矣。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Kuáng ér bù zhí, tóng ér bù yuàn, kōngkōng ér bù xìn, wú bù zhī zhī yǐ.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "Ardent and yet not upright, stupid and yet not attentive; simple and yet not sincere - such persons I do not understand."
- 侗乎其無識，儻乎其怠疑。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tónghū qí wúshí, tǎng hū qí dàiyí. [Pinyin]
- I was as a child who has no knowledge; I was extraordinarily slow and hesitating.
侗乎其无识，傥乎其怠疑。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]- 天降生民，倥侗顓蒙，恣乎情性，聰明不開。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE, translated based on Jeffrey S. Bullock's version
- Tiān jiàng shēng mín, kōngtóng zhuānméng, zì hū qíngxìng, cōngmíng bù kāi. [Pinyin]
- When Tian gives birth to the masses, they are naive and ignorant. They give free reign to their desires and original natures, and their intelligence is undeveloped.
天降生民，倥侗颛蒙，恣乎情性，聪明不开。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) frivolous; flippant
Compounds
- 倥侗 (kōngtóng)
- 儱侗 / 𫢒侗
- 空侗
- 籠侗 / 笼侗
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǒng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǒng
- Wade–Giles: tʻung3
- Yale: tǔng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong
- Palladius: тун (tun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tōng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tong
- Wade–Giles: tʻung1
- Yale: tūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tong
- Palladius: тун (tun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: thuwng, thuwngX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰoːŋ/, /*tʰoːŋʔ/
Definitions
侗 (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)
- big; long and big
- straight; (by extension) unobstructed
- 能舍諸人而求諸己乎？能翛然乎？能侗然乎？能兒子乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Néng shě zhū rén ér qiú zhū jǐ hū? Néng xiāorán hū? Néng tǒngrán hū? Néng érzǐ hū? [Pinyin]
- Can you give over thinking of other men, and seek what you want in yourself (alone)? Can you flee (from the allurements of desire)? Can you maintain an entire simplicity? Can you become a little child?
能舍诸人而求诸己乎？能翛然乎？能侗然乎？能儿子乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Compounds
- 侗侗
- 侗長 / 侗长
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dòng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dòng
- Wade–Giles: tung4
- Yale: dùng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
- Palladius: дун (dun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: dung6
- Yale: duhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung6
- Guangdong Romanization: dung6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
侗
Compounds
References
- “侗”, 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–
- 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “侗”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00060
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Kanji
侗
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Korean
Hanja
侗 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong)
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