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U+5718, 團
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5718

[U+5717]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5719]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 31, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 田十戈戈 (WJII), four-corner 60343, composition )

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 221, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4834
  • Dae Jaweon: page 452, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 725, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5718
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːn): semantic + phonetic (OC *tjon).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • tuàng - literary;
  • diòng - vernacular (“united; assembled; to form a circle”, e.g. 團團).

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. sphere; ball; circle
    圍住围住   tuántuán wéizhù   to encircle
       tuán   cushion (circular in shape)
  2. to roll (into a ball)
  3. mass; lump
       miàntuán   dough
  4. Classifier for round, lumpy, or amorphous objects.
       tuán   a clod; a lump of soil
    和氣和气   tuánhéqì   "a ball of friendly air"
  5. group; collective; panel; team; organization
    選舉人选举人   xuǎnjǔréntuán   electoral college
       cáituán   financial group
       tuán   team; collective
       yuètuán   music ensemble; orchestra
    1. tour group arranged by travel agency
      你們安排什麼項目 [MSC, trad.]
      你们安排什么项目 [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐmen zhèi tuánr dōu ānpái le shénme xiàngmu a? [Pinyin]
      What kind of programs do you provide for this tour group?
  6. (figurative, in compounds) tightly; completely; as an inseparable collective (suggestive of circles or tightly knit groups)
       tuánjié   to unite; to join each other; to stick together
       tuányuán   to reunite; to get together (with family members)
  7. (military) regiment; corps
  8. (military or paramilitary) formation; troops; armed organization
       jūntuán   legion
       tuánliàn   militia; local paramilitary organization
  9. (Mainland China) short for 共青團共青团 (gòngqīngtuán, “Communist Youth League”)
       tuánpài   (Communist Youth) League Faction (Hu Jintao's faction)
  10. (graph theory) clique

Usage notes

(military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a regiment of infantry was composed of three battalions () and some miscellaneous companies (). In turn, two regiments formed a brigade (). Three regiments could be formed into a triangular division, where the brigade structure was absent, as a division (整編師 / 編制師).

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: đoàn ()

Others:

  • Lü: ᦒᦸᧃᧉ (thoan²)

References

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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. association

Readings

  • On (unclassified): だん (dan)とん (ton)どん (don)
  • Kun: まるい (marui, 團い)かたまり (katamari, )

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC dwan).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun 둥글 (dunggeul dan))

  1. hanja form? of (group)

Compounds

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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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đoàn

  1. group
  2. party
  3. corps

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