幢

See also: 橦

幢 U+5E62, 幢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E62 ← 幡 [U+5E61] CJK Unified Ideographs 幣 → [U+5E63]

Translingual

Han character

幢 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月卜廿土 (LBYTG), four-corner 4021₄, composition ⿰巾童)

1. carriage curtain
2. sun screen

Derived characters

• 𢤖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 337, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9087
• Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 755, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5E62

Chinese

simp. and trad.		幢
alternative forms		䡴／𰺝 𣄛 𣄢

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuáng (chuang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ / zong⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng / tông / thōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang²
    • Yale: chwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwang
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cong⁴ / zong⁶
    • Yale: chòhng / johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ / dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ / zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/, /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
    • Tâi-lô: tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thōng
    • Tâi-lô: thōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: draewng

Rime
Character	幢
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	宅江切
Baxter	draewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡɔŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤroŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rdoːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuáng
Middle Chinese	‹ dræwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁroŋ/
English	a kind of flag
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	幢
Reading #	1/2
No.	17422
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	幢
Old Chinese	/*rdoːŋ/
Notes	見韓非子

Definitions

幢

1. (obsolete) wooden support pole (particularly a wooden tentpole, flagpole, or umbrella shaft)
2. tent
3. flag; banner
4. umbrella
5. (Buddhism) stone pillar inscribed with religious writings
6. wavering (in the manner of a shadow)

Compounds

• 寶幢／宝幢
• 幢幢
• 幢幡
• 幢節／幢节
• 幢蓋／幢盖
• 幢隊／幢队
• 幢麾
• 油碧幢
• 石幢
• 經幢／经幢 (jīngchuáng)
• 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)
• 麾幢

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàng, chuáng (zhuang⁴, chuang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ, ㄔㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong⁶ / tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: chuang⁴
    • Yale: jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanq
    • Palladius: чжуан (čžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang²
    • Yale: chwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwang
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong⁶ / tong⁴
    • Yale: johng / tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong⁶ / tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong⁶ / tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ²²/, /tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thōng
    • Tâi-lô: thōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: draewngH

Rime
Character	幢
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	直絳切
Baxter	draewngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠʌŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚɔŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡɔŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨwŋH/
Li Rong	/ȡɔŋH/
Wang Li	/ȡɔŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱɔŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rdoːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幢
Reading #	2/2
No.	17429
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䡴
Old Chinese	/*rdoːŋs/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

幢

1. Classifier for buildings.

Synonyms

• 棟／栋 (dòng)

See also

• 間／间 (jiān)

References

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “幢” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
• “幢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

幢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: はた (hata, 幢)

Compounds

• 幢幡(どうばん) (dōban)
• 法幢(ほうどう) (hōdō)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [당]

Hanja

Wikisource

幢 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幢: Hán Nôm readings: choàng

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