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U+7A93, 窓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A93

[U+7A92]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7A94]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 116, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金戈心 (JCIP), composition or )

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Definitions

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

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

 
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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

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  • Go-on: そう (, Jōyō)そう (sou, historical)
  • Kan-on: そう (, Jōyō)さう (sau, historical)
  • Kun: まど (mado, , Jōyō)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
まど
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)


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

Alternatively, may be a compound of (ma, gap) +‎ (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

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Noun

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(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: (sora)

Descendants

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  • Yami: mado

Proper noun

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(まど) (Mado

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

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[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 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  6. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2679:
    , available online here
  7. 7.0 7.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 창문 (changmun chang))

  1. hanja form? of (window)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: song

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