曈

See also: 朣, 膧, and 瞳

曈	U+66C8, 曈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66C8

← 曇
[U+66C7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

曉 →
[U+66C9]

Translingual

Han character

曈 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日卜廿土 (AYTG), four-corner 6001₄, composition ⿰日童)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14175
Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1537, character 8
Unihan data for U+66C8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		曈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 曈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
撞	rdoːŋ, rdoːŋs
幢	rdoːŋ, rdoːŋs
橦	rdoːŋ, doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	rdoːŋs, tʰjoŋ
憧	rdoːŋs, tʰjoŋ
畽	tʰoːnʔ, tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	toːŋʔ, doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	toːŋs, tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	tʰoːŋ, tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	doːŋ, tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	doːŋ, tʰjoŋ
穜	doːŋ, doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	tʰoŋ, tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	doŋ, doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	doŋ, doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	doŋ, tʰjoŋ
鐘	tjoŋ, tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	tjoŋʔ, tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	tjoŋʔ, tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²
  - Yale: túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
  - Palladius: тун (tun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tung⁴
  - Yale: tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: duwng, thuwng, thuwngX

Rime
Character	曈	曈	曈
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒紅切	他紅切	他孔切
Baxter	duwng	thuwng	thuwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/tʰəwŋ/	/tʰəwŋ^X/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/tʰuŋ/	/tʰuŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	tōng	tǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung⁴	tung¹	tung²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰoːŋ/, /*tʰoːŋʔ/, /*doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曈	曈	曈
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17437	17438	17445
Phonetic component	重	重	重
Rime group	東	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	通	侗	同
Old Chinese	/*tʰoːŋ/	/*tʰoːŋʔ/	/*doːŋ/

Definitions

曈

twilight just before sunrise

Derived terms

亭曈 (tíngtóng)
曈曈
曈曚
曈曨 / 曈昽

Japanese

Kanji

曈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): とう (tō)、つ (tsu)
Kun: ほのぐらい (honogurai)