坉

坉 U+5749, 坉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5749 ← 坈 [U+5748] CJK Unified Ideographs 坊 → [U+574A]

Translingual

Han character

坉 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土心山 (GPU), four-corner 4511₇, composition ⿰土屯)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 225, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4923
• Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 422, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5749

Chinese

simp. and trad.		坉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
躉	*tuːnʔ
窀	*rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌	*donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹	*tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓	*tuːns
扽	*tuːns
黗	*tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨	*tʰuːnʔ
屯	*duːn, *tun
飩	*duːn
豘	*duːn
軘	*duːn
坉	*duːn
邨	*duːn, *stʰuːn
忳	*duːn
芚	*duːn
庉	*duːn, *duːnʔ
囤	*duːnʔ
迍	*tun
杶	*tʰun
瑃	*tʰun
椿	*tʰun
偆	*tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫	*tjun
訰	*tjun, *tjuns
純	*tjunʔ, *djun
春	*tʰjun
蠢	*tʰjunʔ
踳	*tʰjunʔ
惷	*tʰjunʔ
蒓	*djun
賰	*hljunʔ
鬊	*hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duːn) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 屯 (OC *duːn, *tun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tún (tun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tún
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻun²
    • Yale: twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
    • Palladius: тунь (tunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁴
    • Yale: tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰun¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dwon

Rime
Character	坉
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒渾切
Baxter	dwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duən/
Pan Wuyun	/duon/
Shao Rongfen	/duən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwən/
Li Rong	/duən/
Wang Li	/duən/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teon4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坉
Reading #	1/1
No.	12551
Phonetic component	屯
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屯
Old Chinese	/*duːn/

Definitions

坉

1. bagged soil and grass used to hold back water
2. ridge between fields
3. cork, stopper
4. (in place names) stockaded village

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùn (dun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùn
    • Wade–Giles: tun⁴
    • Yale: dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
    • Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dwonX

Rime
Character	坉
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒損切
Baxter	dwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duənX/
Pan Wuyun	/duonX/
Shao Rongfen	/duənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwənX/
Li Rong	/duənX/
Wang Li	/duənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	deon6

Definitions

坉

1. to stop, to plug

Etymology 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 坉 – see 沌 (“benighted; ignorant; disorderly; chaotic; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 沌).

Japanese

Kanji

坉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とん (ton); どん (don)
• Kun: ふさぐ (fusagu); きずく (kizuku); うね (une); ふさがる (fusagaru)

Vietnamese

Han character

坉: Nôm readings: chốn, trốn

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References

• Nom Foundation