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桶

桶

Translingual

Han character

桶 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木弓戈月 (DNIB), four-corner 47927, composition ⿰木甬)

References

  • KangXi: page 527, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14811
  • Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1222, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6876

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 桶

Etymology

Compare Khmer ថាំង ‎(tung), Thai ถัง ‎(tăng).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 桶 桶
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 他孔切 徒揔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰəwŋX/ /dəwŋX/
Li
Rong		 /tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Wang
Li		 /tʰuŋX/ /duŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰuŋX/ /dʱuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tǒng dòng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 桶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tǒng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thuwngX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˤoŋʔ/
English bucket

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 桶 桶
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15431 15435
Phonetic
component		 用 用
Rime
group		 東 東
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 侗 動
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ʰoːŋʔ/ /*l'oːŋʔ/

Definitions

桶

  1. pail, bucket, tub
  2. cask, keg

Synonyms

  • (Min Nan) 桶仔

Japanese

Kanji

桶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. a tub, a bucket

Readings

Etymology 1

桶 (oke): A small oke holding a cat.
桶 (oke): A workman building a large oke.
Kanji in this term
桶
おけ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 麻 ‎(o, “flax, ramie”) +‎ 笥 ‎(ke, “a container, especially for foodstuffs or tableware”).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

桶 ‎(hiragana おけ, romaji oke, historical hiragana をけ)

  1. A tube-shaped container for holding split flax or hemp, usually made of thin cypress wood bent to shape.
  2. By extension, a pail, bucket, tub, or basin similar to a barrel in construction, made of long thin pieces of cedar or cypress extending up from a base and held in place with hoops. Can be small enough to carry in one hand, or large enough to bathe in.
  3. (Noh theater) A stool on stage, on which an actor sits.
Synonyms
  • (bucket): バケツ (​baketsu)
  • (stool): 床几 (しょうぎ, ​shōgi), 鬘桶 (かつらおけ, ​katsura oke)
Idioms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桶
こが
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

桶 ‎(hiragana こが, romaji koga)

  1. An oke (tub, bucket, basin) or taru (樽, “barrel”).

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

桶 • ‎(tong, yong) (hangeul 통, 용, revised tong, yong, McCune-Reischauer t'ong, yong, Yale thong, yong)

  1. (통 통, tong-): barrel, bucket, can, cask, pail, tub, vat, compare ton, Dut. ton ("vat")

Vietnamese

Han character

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