偒

偒 U+5052, 偒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5052 ← 偑 [U+5051] CJK Unified Ideographs 偓 → [U+5053]

Translingual

Han character

偒 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人日一竹 (OAMH), composition ⿰亻昜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 852
• Dae Jaweon: page 236, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 190, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5052

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		偒
simp.		𱎟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎng (tang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang³
    • Yale: tǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taang
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong²
    • Yale: tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thangX

Rime
Character	偒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他朗切
Baxter	thangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaŋX/
Li Rong	/tʰɑŋX/
Wang Li	/tʰɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偒
Reading #	1/1
No.	14558
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曭
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːŋʔ/

Definitions

偒

1. straight; linear; undeviating
2. appearance of being long
3. true; genuine; real; actual

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thn̄g

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: thn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍²²/

Definitions

偒

1. dull; slow-witted (often reduplicated)

   徛甲偒偒 [Hokkien, trad.]
   徛甲𱎟𱎟 [Hokkien, simp.]

   khiā kah thn̄g-thn̄g [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   to stand in a dull way

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 偒 – see 盪 (“to toss; to swing; to rock; to sway; to wave; to cleanse; to wash away; to rinse; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 荡, which is in turn a variant form of 盪).

Japanese

Kanji

偒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)
• Kun: まつすぐ (matsusugu, 偒ぐ)

Korean

Hanja

偒 • (tang) (hangeul 탕, revised tang, McCune–Reischauer t'ang)

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