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瞳

瞳

Translingual

Han character

瞳 (radical 109 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜廿土 (BUYTG), four-corner 60014, composition ⿰目童)

References

  • KangXi: page 818, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23707
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2514, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+77B3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 瞳

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *doːŋ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 童 ‎(OC *doːŋ).

Etymology

From 童 (OC *doːŋ, “child”). Compare English pupil ‎(“‘child’ > student; pupil of eye”) for a similar semantic development.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瞳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dəwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /duŋ/
Wang
Li		 /duŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tóng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瞳
Reading # 1/1
No. 17441
Phonetic
component		 重
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 同
Old
Chinese		 /*doːŋ/

Definitions

瞳

  1. †inexperienced; ignorant
  2. (anatomy) pupil of eye
  3. †sight; vision; view
  4. † to see

Compounds

  • 打瞳
  • 瞳人 (tóngrén)
  • 瞳人兒／瞳人儿
  • 瞳仁 (tóngrén)
  • 瞳仁兒／瞳仁儿
  • 瞳子 (tóngzǐ)
  • 瞳孔 (tóngkǒng)
  • 瞳矇／瞳蒙
  • 重瞳
  • 雙瞳翦水／双瞳翦水

Japanese

Kanji

瞳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

瞳 ‎(hiragana ひとみ, romaji hitomi)

  1. (anatomy) pupil

Proper noun

瞳 ‎(hiragana ひとみ, romaji Hitomi)

  1. A female given name

Korean

Hanja

瞳 • ‎(dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong, Yale tong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瞳 (đồng)

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Readings

  • Nôm: đồng, tròng

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999

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