鐺

See also: 铛

鐺 U+943A, 鐺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-943A ← 鐹 [U+9439] CJK Unified Ideographs 鐻 → [U+943B]

Translingual

Traditional	鐺
Shinjitai (extended)	𫟰
Simplified	铛

Han character

鐺 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 金火月田 (CFBW), four-corner 8916₆, composition ⿰釒當)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1324, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40954
• Dae Jaweon: page 1825, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4263, character 3
• Unihan data for U+943A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鐺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		鐺
simp.		铛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāng (dang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tang / tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dang
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹
    • Yale: dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dang
    • Palladius: дан (dan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: dong¹
    • Yale: dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang
    • Tâi-lô: tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong
    • Tâi-lô: tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tang

Rime
Character	鐺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都郎切
Baxter	tang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/taŋ/
Li Rong	/tɑŋ/
Wang Li	/tɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鐺
Reading #	1/2
No.	11106
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	當
Old Chinese	/*taːŋ/

Definitions

鐺

1. (onomatopoeia) Metallic sound: clank; clang
2. (literary) earring of women

Compounds

• 啷鐺 / 啷铛
• 釘鈴鐺鋃 / 钉铃铛锒
• 鈴鐺 / 铃铛 (língdang)
• 鈴鐺壽星 / 铃铛寿星
• 鋃鐺 / 锒铛 (lángdāng)
• 鋃鐺入獄 / 锒铛入狱 (lángdāngrùyù)
• 鐺鐺 / 铛铛

Etymology 2

trad.		鐺
simp.		铛
alternative forms		罉 𦉘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang¹ / cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: caang¹ / cing¹
    • Yale: chāang / chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang¹ / tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang¹ / qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaeng

Rime
Character	鐺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚庚切
Baxter	tsrhaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɐŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鐺
Reading #	2/2
No.	11171
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鎗
Old Chinese	/*sʰraːŋ/
Notes	俗鎗字見通俗文

Definitions

鐺

1. shallow, flat pan; griddle
2. an ancient type of pot with legs

Compounds

• 鐺底焦飯 / 铛底焦饭
• 鐺頭 / 铛头
• 餅鐺 / 饼铛 (bǐngchēng)

Etymology 3

trad.		鐺
simp.		铛
alternative forms		鏜／镗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāng (tang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang¹
    • Yale: tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tang
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: tong¹
    • Yale: tōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鐺

1. a type of small copper drum

References

• “鐺”, 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–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𫟰
Print standard	鐺

Kanji

鐺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫟰)

1. chain
2. tip of a scabbard
3. flatiron

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}、とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}、とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: なべ (nabe, 鐺)、くさり (kusari, 鐺)、こじり (kojiri, 鐺)、こて (kote, 鐺)

References

• “^▲鐺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

鐺 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鐺: Hán Việt readings: sanh, thang, đang, đương, tang
鐺: Nôm readings: đương, xanh

1. wok
   • 1938, Nguyên Hồng, Hàng cơm đêm:

     Xuống bếp, Vịnh đổ mỡ vào xanh. Mỡ chảy ra trong những tiếng xèo xèo.

     Entering the kitchen, Vịnh poured oil into the wok. Grease poured out with a sizzling sound.