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窓

See also: 窗, 窻, and 䆫
窓 U+7A93, 窓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A93
← 窒
[U+7A92] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 窔 →
[U+7A94]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

窓 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金戈心 (JCIP), composition ⿱㝐心 or ⿱宀忩)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25494
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2730, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7A93

Usage notes edit

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary (廣韻) as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 窻.

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牎 *sʰroːŋ
窗 *sʰroːŋ
窓 *sʰroːŋ
囱 *sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ
總 *ʔsloːŋʔ
熜 *ʔsloːŋʔ
傯 *ʔsloːŋʔ
緫 *ʔsloːŋʔ
揔 *ʔsloːŋʔ
偬 *ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs
囪 *sʰloːŋ
璁 *sʰloːŋ
驄 *sʰloːŋ
蔥 *sʰloːŋ
匆 *sʰloːŋ
怱 *sʰloːŋ
葱 *sʰloːŋ
楤 *sʰloːŋ
聦 *sʰloːŋ
繱 *sʰloːŋ
騘 *sʰloːŋ
鍯 *sʰloːŋ
聰 *sʰloːŋ
愡 *sʰloːŋs
檧 *sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ
憽 *sloːŋ
幒 *sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 窓 – see 窗 (“window”).
(This character is a variant form of 窗).

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

窓

Kyūjitai

窻
 
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Kanji edit

窓

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 窻)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
窓
まど
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
窻 (kyūjitai)
窗
牕
牖

From Old Japanese. Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern 目 (me)) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”), in reference to an opening for looking through.[1][2][3]

Alternatively, may be a compound of 間 (ma, “gap”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”).[1][3][4]

First cited in some references to a text from 794,[5] and also found in the Man'yōshū of 759.[6]

The Microsoft Windows sense is a calque of English Windows.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

窓(まど) • (mado) 

  1. [from 759] window
    Synonym: (rare) 窓牖 (sōyū)
  2. [from 1931] (regional, dialect, Etchū region) a deep gap in a mountain ridge (so called for the way the wind blows through, like a window[1][7])
    Synonym: (Shinshū region) きれっと (kiretto)
  3. [date uncertain] マド: (investing) on a candlestick chart, a gap in day-to-day candlesticking caused by a marked increase or decrease in the price of a security, derivative, currency, or other investment
    Synonym: 空 (sora)

Descendants edit

  • → Yami: mado

Proper noun edit

窓(まど) • (Mado) 

  1. (Internet slang, dated) Windows (an operating system)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ “窓”, in デジタル大辞泉‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ “窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  6. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2679:
    , available online here
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  8. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

窓 (eumhun 창문 창 (changmun chang))

  1. Hanja form? of 창 (“window”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

窓: Hán Nôm readings: song

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