倘

倘 U+5018, 倘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5018 ← 倗 [U+5017] CJK Unified Ideographs 候 → [U+5019]

Translingual

Han character

倘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人火月口 (OFBR), four-corner 2922₇, composition ⿰亻尚 (GTV) or ⿰亻尙 (JK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 774
• Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 177, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5018

Chinese

simp. and trad.		倘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎng (tang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang³
    • Yale: tǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taang
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong²
    • Yale: tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thóng
    • Tâi-lô: thóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倘
Reading #	1/1
No.	11134
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːŋʔ/
Notes	後作儻字用

Definitions

倘

1. if; supposing; in case

Compounds

• 倘使 (tǎngshǐ)
• 倘來之物／倘来之物 (tǎngláizhīwù)
• 倘或 (tǎnghuò)
• 倘有
• 倘然 (tǎngrán)
• 倘若 (tǎngruò)
• 迷離倘恍／迷离倘恍

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháng (chang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²
    • Yale: cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charng
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴
    • Yale: sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
    • Tâi-lô: siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
    • Tâi-lô: siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³/

Definitions

倘

1. Only used in 倘佯.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thang
    • Tâi-lô: thang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

倘

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 通 (thang, “can; may”)

   • 癡心無藥倘醫 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     痴心无药倘医 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2021, 沈建豪 (lyrics and music), 心情淚, performed by 沈建豪

     chhi-sim bô io̍h thang i [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Infatuation has no medicine that can cure

   • 關在記誌內底　無路倘退 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     关在记志内底　无路倘退 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2022, 江志豐; 周彥君 (lyrics), 江志豐 (music), 我有罪, performed by 江志豐

     koaiⁿ tī kì-tî lāi-té, bô lō͘ thang thè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Locked up in memories, no road to retreat to

   • 我愛你的心無人倘代替 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我爱你的心无人倘代替 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2022, 楊惠絜 (lyrics and music), 就是要幸福, performed by 葉冠成 and 廖鳳英

     góa ài lí ê sim bô lâng thang tāi-thè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My heart of loving you, no one can replace

References

• “倘”, 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

倘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Kan-on: しょう (shō); とう (tō)
• Kun: もし (moshi, 倘し); たちもとほる (tachimotohoru)

Korean

Hanja

倘 (eum 당 (dang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倘: Hán Nôm readings: thảng, thẳng, người, thoáng, thoảng, thằng, thoang, thoắng

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