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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		董

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒng, zhǒng (dong³, zhong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˇ, ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doong
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung²
    • Yale: dúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (董, reconstructed)
Character (董), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 東 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 多動切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/	/təwŋX/	/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (董, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
董					17432					重					東					0					董					/*toːŋʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

• 古董 (curio, antique)

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Japanese

Kanji

董

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: とう (tō)
• Kun: ただす (tadasu)

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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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