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董

董

Translingual

Han character

董 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十土 (THJG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱艹重)

  1. direct, supervise
  2. used as a surname

References

  • KangXi: page 1045, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31433
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3250, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8463

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 董

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 董
Large seal script
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

Rime
Character 董
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 多動切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /təwŋX/
Li
Rong		 /tuŋX/
Wang
Li		 /tuŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dǒng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 董
Reading # 1/1
No. 17432
Phonetic
component		 重
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 董
Old
Chinese		 /*toːŋʔ/

Definitions

董

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Compounds

  • 丁董
  • 不知丁董
  • 古董 (gǔdǒng)
  • 古董商
  • 紳董／绅董
  • 老古董 (lǎogǔdǒng)
  • 董生下帷
  • 董監事／董监事
  • 董西廂／董西厢
  • 骨董
  • 骨董行
  • 黑臉董嘴／黑脸董嘴

Japanese

Kanji

董

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

董 (đổng, đỏng, đúng, đủng, đũng, xổng, dỏng, rỗng)

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