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U+7A93, 窓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A93

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𬄔 𮈾 𨬃 𥲡 𦹎 𫯸

References

  • 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

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Definitions

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

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

Compounds

  • (あお)(まど) (aorimado)
  • ()かり(まど) (akarimado)
  • ()(まど) (agemado)
  • (いわ)(まど) (iwakumado)
  • (うら)(まど) (uramado)
  • (えん)(そう) (ensō)
  • (おく)(びょう)(まど) (okubyōmado)
  • (おり)()(まど) (oribemado)
  • (かい)(てん)(まど) (kaitenmado)
  • (かく)(まど) (kakushimado)
  • (かく)(そう) (kakusō)
  • (がく)(そう) (gakusō)
  • (かざ)(まど) (kazamado)
  • (かざ)(まど) (kazarimado)
  • ()(とう)(まど) (katōmado)
  • ガラス(まど) (garasumado)
  • (かわら)(まど) (kawaranomado)
  • (かん)(そう) (kansō)
  • ()(そう) (kisō, aeroplane window)
  • (きた)(まど) (kitamado)
  • (きた)(まど)(ひら) (kitamado hiraku)
  • (きた)(まど)(ふさ) (kitamado fusagu)
  • (きつね)(まど) (kitsunemado)
  • ()(まど) (kirimado)
  • (くし)(がた)(まど) (kushigatamado)
  • (けい)(そう) (keisō)
  • (げん)()(まど) (genjimado)
  • (げん)(そう) (gensō)
  • (こう)()(まど) (kōshimado)
  • (ごく)(そう) (gokusō)
  • (こし)(まど) (koshimado)
  • ()(そう)(まん)(ぴつ) (gosōmanpitsu)
  • ()(まど) (komado)
  • ()(まど) (samado)
  • (しき)()(まど) (shikishimado)
  • ()(そう) (shisō)
  • (した)()(まど), (した)()(まど) (shitajimado)
  • ()(まど) (jimado)
  • (しゃ)(かい)(まど) (shakai no mado)
  • (しゃ)(そう) (shasō)
  • (しょ)(いん)(まど) (shoinmado)
  • (しょ)(そう) (shosō)
  • (しん)(そう) (shinsō)
  • (しん)(そう)(そだ) (shinsō ni sodatsu)
  • (せん)(そう) (sensō)
  • (ぜん)(てい)(そう) (zenteisō)
  • (そう)() (sōka)
  • (そう)(がい) (sōgai)
  • (そう)() (sōsa)
  • (そう)(ぜん) (sōzen)
  • (そう)(ゆう) (sōyū, window)
  • (たか)(まど) (takamado)
  • (ちく)(そう) (chikusō)
  • (ちゅう)(まど) (chūmado)
  • (ちん)(れつ)(まど) (chinretsumado)
  • ()()(まど) (tsukiagemado)
  • (てっ)(そう) (tessō)
  • ()(まど) (temado)
  • ()(まど) (demado)
  • (てん)(そう) (tensō)
  • (てん)(まど) (tenmado)
  • (どう)(そう) (dōsō)
  • (どう)(そう)(かい) (dōsōkai)
  • (なん)(そう) (nansō)
  • ()(じゅう)(まど) (nijūmado)
  • (のぞ)(まど) (nozokimado)
  • ()()(まど) (hakidashimado)
  • ()(そう) (hasō)
  • ()()(まど) (haridashimado)
  • ()()(まど) (harimado)
  • ()(まど) (hikimado)
  • ()(じか)(まど) (hijikakemado)
  • (ひじり)(まど) (hijirimado)
  • (びょう)(そう) (byōsō)
  • (ひら)(まど) (hirakimado)
  • (ふう)()(まど) (fūfumado)
  • ()()(まど) (bukemado)
  • (ふな)(まど) (funamado)
  • フランス(まど) (furansumado)
  • (ほう)(そう) (hōsō)
  • (ほたる)(ひかり)(まど)(ゆき) (hotaru no hikari mado no yuki)
  • (まど)()かり (madoakari)
  • (まど)(がい) (madogai)
  • (まど)() (madokake)
  • (まど)ガラス (madogarasu)
  • (まど)() (madogi)
  • (まど)(ぎわ) (madogiwa)
  • (まど)(ぎわ)(ぞく) (madogiwazoku)
  • (まど)(ぐち) (madoguchi)
  • (まど)(ぐち)(とん)()(せい) (madoguchi-ton'yasei)
  • (まど)(しょう)() (madoshōji)
  • (まど)(せん) (madosen)
  • (まど)(だい) (madodai)
  • (まど)(うち) (mado no uchi)
  • (まど)(ほたる) (mado no hotaru)
  • (まど)(ゆき) (mado no yuki)
  • (まど)(はん) (madohan)
  • (まど)(ふた) (madofuta)
  • (まど)() (madobe)
  • (まど)(わく) (madowaku)
  • (まな)びの(まど) (manabi no mado)
  • (まる)(まど), (まる)(まど) (marumado)
  • (みどり)(まど)(ぐち) (midori no madoguchi)
  • (むし)()(まど) (mushikomado)
  • ()(しゃ)(まど) (mushamado)
  • ()(そう) (musō)
  • ()(そう)(まど) (musōmado)
  • (めい)(そう) (meisō)
  • (めい)(そう)(じょう)() (meisōjōki)
  • (めくら)(まど) (mekuramado)
  • ()(こころ)(まど) (me wa kokoro no mado, the eyes are the window to the soul)
  • (もの)()(まど) (monomimado)
  • ()(そう) (yasō)
  • 大和(やまと)(まど) (yamatomado)
  • (よこ)(まど) (yokomado)
  • ()(りき)(まど) (yorikimado)
  • (よろい)(まど) (yoroimado)
  • (らん)(えん)(そう) (ran'ensō)
  • (れん)()(まど) (renjimado)
  • (れん)(そう)(まど) (rensōmado)
  • (ろく)(そう) (rokusō)

Etymology

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 semantic loan from English Windows.

Pronunciation

Noun

(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

  • Yami: mado

Proper noun

(まど) • (Mado

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

See also

References

  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

Hanja

(eumhun 창문 (changmun chang))

  1. hanja form? of (window)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: song

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