丼

See also 井, and 丹

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a square well, with supports on four sides, and a dot in the middle for the water. Compare 井.

Han character

丼 (radical 3 丶+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿戈 (TTI), four-corner 5500₀, composition ⿴井丶)

1. bowl of food
2. well

Synonyms

• (well): 井

References

• KangXi: page 81, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 101
• Dae Jaweon: page 164, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 45, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E3C

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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɐm˧˥/

Hanzi

丼 (Yale dam2)

1. variant of '井'
2. Sound of something falling in well. Ref: 《集韻》：「丼：投物井中聲。」
3. Throwing or littering something to lower position.

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Japanese

Kanji

丼 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: せい (sei), たん (tan), しょう (shō)
• Kun: どんぶり (donburi)

Noun

Wikipedia

丼 (hiragana どんぶり, romaji donburi)

1. A large bowl for serving rice and stew.
2. donburi, a dish served in such a bowl.

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Korean

Hanja

丼 (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

丼 (pinyin jǐng (jing3), Wade-Giles ching³)