U+6D1E, 洞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D1E

[U+6D1D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6D1F]
U+FA05, 洞
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA05

[U+FA04]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA06]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

(Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水月一口 (EBMR), four-corner 37120, composition )

Derived characters

  • , 𪔦, 𢞉

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 620, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17386
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1016, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1607, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6D1E

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋ, *doːŋs): semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *doːŋ).

Etymology

“hole; cavity” > “penetrating; thorough; zero”
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dwa(ː)ŋ (hole; orifice; cave; pit; well). Cognate with Burmese တွင်း (twang:), Tibetan དོང (dong, deep hole; pit) and Jingpho kha-thung (well, pit).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • dang7 - vernacular;
  • tong7 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: dong4 / dong5
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /tʊŋ⁴⁵/, /tʊŋ²¹/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /tən⁴⁵/, /tən²¹/

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /tuŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /tuŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /tuŋ⁵³/
Jinan /tuŋ²¹/
Qingdao /təŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tuŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /tuŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /tuə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /tuŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /tũn¹³/
Ürümqi /tuŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /toŋ³⁵/
Chengdu /toŋ¹³/
Guiyang /toŋ²¹³/
Kunming /toŋ¹/
Nanjing /toŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /təŋ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /tuəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /tuŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /tũŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /doŋ²³/
Suzhou /doŋ³¹/
Hangzhou /doŋ¹³/
Wenzhou /doŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /tʰʌ̃²²/
Tunxi /tan¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /toŋ⁵⁵/
/toŋ¹¹/
Xiangtan /dən²¹/
Gan Nanchang /tʰuŋ²¹/
Hakka Meixian /tʰuŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /toŋ²²/
Nanning /tuŋ²²/
Hong Kong /tuŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tɔŋ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tɔyŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /taŋ³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdoŋ³³/
/ʔdoŋ²³/ ~房

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (7)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter duwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋH/
Li
Rong
/duŋH/
Wang
Li
/duŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 12469
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋs/

Definitions

  1. hole; cavity; cave
  2. (literary, or in compounds) thorough; penetrating
  3. the numeral zero (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
  4. dong, a submunicipal administrative division in North and South Korea
Synonyms
  • (hole):
  • (zero):

Compounds

  • 三洞
  • 上洞人
  • 九曲洞
  • 仙洞
  • 八洞
  • 函洞 (hándòng)
  • 別有洞天 / 别有洞天 (biéyǒudòngtiān)
  • 勿里洞島
  • 千佛洞
  • 地洞 (dìdòng)
  • 坑洞 (kēngdòng)
  • 塞狗洞
  • 大洞果
  • 山洞 (shāndòng)
  • 山頂洞人 / 山顶洞人
  • 岩洞 (yándòng)
  • 拖牢洞
  • 挖洞
  • 掘洞
  • 晶洞 (jīngdòng)
  • 曹洞宗
  • 月洞
  • 月洞門 / 月洞门
  • 橋洞 / 桥洞 (qiáodòng)
  • 水簾洞 / 水帘洞
  • 法律漏洞
  • 洞中肯綮
  • 洞仙 (dòngxiān)
  • 洞兒 / 洞儿
  • 洞壑
  • 洞天 (dòngtiān)
  • 洞天福地
  • 洞如觀火 / 洞如观火 (dòngrúguānhuǒ)
  • 洞宮 / 洞宫
  • 洞家
  • 洞察 (dòngchá)
  • 洞察其奸
  • 洞察機先 / 洞察机先
  • 洞居
  • 洞府
  • 洞庭 (dòngtíng)
  • 洞庭湖 (Dòngtíng Hú)
  • 洞徹 / 洞彻
  • 洞悉 (dòngxī)
  • 洞悉明白
  • 洞悉真相
  • 洞戶 / 洞户
  • 洞房 (dòngfáng)
  • 洞房花燭 / 洞房花烛
  • 洞明
  • 洞曉 / 洞晓
  • 洞氣 / 洞气
  • 洞洞
  • 洞然
  • 洞燭 / 洞烛
  • 洞燭入微 / 洞烛入微
  • 洞燭其奸
  • 洞燭姦邪 / 洞烛奸邪
  • 洞燭機先 / 洞烛机先
  • 洞穴 (dòngxué)
  • 洞穿
  • 洞窟 (dòngkū)
  • 洞窟美術 / 洞窟美术
  • 洞簫 / 洞箫 (dòngxiāo)
  • 洞若觀火 / 洞若观火 (dòngruòguānhuǒ)
  • 洞螈 (dòngyuán)
  • 洞見 / 洞见 (dòngjiàn)
  • 洞見癥結 / 洞见症结
  • 洞貫 / 洞贯
  • 洞達 / 洞达
  • 洞鑒 / 洞鉴
  • 洞鑒古今 / 洞鉴古今
  • 洞門 / 洞门
  • 洞開 / 洞开 (dòngkāi)
  • 涵洞 (hándòng)
  • 漏洞 (lòudòng)
  • 漏洞百出 (lòudòngbǎichū)
  • 潘洞
  • 潮音洞
  • 炕洞
  • 無底洞 / 无底洞 (wúdǐdòng)
  • 狗洞
  • 甕洞兒 / 瓮洞儿
  • 白洞 (báidòng)
  • 白鹿洞
  • 石洞 (Shídòng)
  • 石灰岩洞
  • 破洞 (pòdòng)
  • 福地洞天
  • 空洞 (kōngdòng)
  • 空空洞洞
  • 窗洞 (chuāngdòng)
  • 窯洞 / 窑洞 (yáodòng)
  • 花兒洞子 / 花儿洞子
  • 花燭洞房 / 花烛洞房
  • 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
  • 通幽洞微
  • 連闥洞房 / 连闼洞房
  • 鐘乳洞 / 钟乳洞
  • 鑽天打洞 / 钻天打洞
  • 鑽狗洞 / 钻狗洞
  • 門洞 / 门洞
  • 防空洞 (fángkōngdòng)
  • 風洞 / 风洞 (fēngdòng)
  • 鬧洞房 / 闹洞房 (nào dòngfáng)
  • 鬼窟洞
  • 黃金洞 / 黄金洞 (Huángjīndòng)
  • 黑洞 (hēidòng)
  • 黑洞洞 (hēidòngdòng)
  • 龍洞 / 龙洞

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (7)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 12453
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋ/

Definitions

  1. only used in 澒洞𭱊洞 (hòngtóng) and 洪洞 (Hóngtóng, “Hongtong”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. cave, den, grotto

Readings

  • Go-on: ずう ()
  • Kan-on: とう ()
  • Kan’yō-on: どう (, Jōyō)
  • Kun: うつろ (utsuro, )うつろ (utsuro, 洞ろ)ふかい (fukai)ほがらか (hogaraka)ほら (hora, , Jōyō)みぬく (minuku)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
うつろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
うつ
[adjective] hollow; empty; vacant; devoid of contents
[adjective] (figuratively) hollow; empty; vacant; lifeless
[noun] emptiness; vacancy; hollow; void; cavity
[noun] (figuratively) emptiness; vacancy; hollow; void; hole; cavity
Alternative spellings
空ろ, 洞ろ
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ほら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほら) • (hora

  1. cave

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC duwngH).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource

(eumhun (gol dong))

  1. hanja form? of (hole; cavity; cave)
  2. hanja form? of (dong, a submunicipal administrative division in North and South Korea)

Compounds

Etymology 2

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tʰo̞(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

(eumhun 밝을 (balgeul tong))

  1. hanja form? of (bright; thorough; penetrating)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đọng, động, đùng, dộng, dọng, đỗng

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