瞳

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

瞳 (radical 109 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜廿土 (BUYTG), four-corner 6001₄, composition ⿰目童)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 818, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23707
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2514, character 12
• Unihan data for U+77B3

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		瞳

Glyph originEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *doːŋ): semantic 目 + phonetic 童 ‎(OC *doːŋ).

EtymologyEdit

From 童 (OC *doːŋ, “child”). Compare English pupil ‎(“‘child’ > student; pupil of eye”) for a similar semantic development.

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): dùng
• Min Nan (POJ): tông
• Wu (Wiktionary): don (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongr
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴
    • Yale: tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dùng
    • IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
    • Tâi-lô: tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: don (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻ʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /duŋ/▼

Rime
Character	瞳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/
Li Rong	/duŋ/
Wang Li	/duŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞳
Reading #	1/1
No.	17441
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	同
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/

DefinitionsEdit

瞳

1. ^† inexperienced; ignorant
2. (anatomy) pupil of eye
3. ^† sight; vision; view
4. ^† to see

CompoundsEdit

• 打瞳
• 瞳人 (tóngrén)
• 瞳人兒／瞳人儿
• 瞳仁 (tóngrén)

• 瞳仁兒／瞳仁儿
• 瞳子 (tóngzǐ)
• 瞳孔 (tóngkǒng)

• 瞳矇／瞳蒙
• 重瞳
• 雙瞳翦水／双瞳翦水

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

瞳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: どう (dō), とう (tō)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi)

CompoundsEdit

• 瞳孔
• 瞳人

NounEdit

瞳 ‎(hiragana ひとみ, romaji hitomi)

1. (anatomy) pupil

Proper nounEdit

瞳 ‎(hiragana ひとみ, romaji Hitomi)

1. A female given name

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

瞳 • ‎(dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong, Yale tong)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

瞳 (đồng)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

ReadingsEdit

• Nôm: đồng, tròng

ReferencesEdit

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999