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U+51AC, 冬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51AC

[U+51AB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+51AD]

冬 U+2F81A, 冬
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81A
仌
[U+2F819]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 况
[U+2F81B]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
5 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 15, +3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹水卜 (HEY), four-corner 27303, composition (GTJV) or (K))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 131, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1610
  • Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+51AC

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tuːŋ): phonetic (zhǐ, end) + semantic (ice).

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Wang (1982) and Sagart (2023b) relate it to (OC *tjuŋ, “to end”). Sagart (ibid.) also proposes its cognacy to Chepang tyuŋh (at end, be weak, exhausted), dyumʔ (at ease after completing work), dyum (terminate, reach end; to be at end), Jingpho chatum (end, finish), Limbu tum-ma (ripe, mature), & Proto-Ao *a-thəm "end, finish".

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • tang - colloquial;
  • tong - literary.
Note:
  • dang1 - colloquial;
  • dong1 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /tuŋ⁵⁵/
    Harbin /tuŋ⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /tuŋ²¹/
    Jinan /tuŋ²¹³/
    Qingdao /təŋ²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /tuŋ²⁴/
    Xi'an /tuŋ²¹/
    Xining /tuə̃⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /tuŋ⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /tũn³¹/
    Ürümqi /tuŋ⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /toŋ⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /toŋ⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /toŋ⁵⁵/
    Kunming /toŋ⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /toŋ³¹/
    Hefei /təŋ²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /tuəŋ¹¹/
    Pingyao /tuŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /tũŋ³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /toŋ⁵³/
    Suzhou /toŋ⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /toŋ³³/
    Wenzhou /toŋ³³/
    Hui Shexian /tʌ̃³¹/
    Tunxi /tan¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /toŋ³³/
    Xiangtan /tən³³/
    Gan Nanchang /tuŋ⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /tuŋ⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /tuŋ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /toŋ⁵³/
    Nanning /tuŋ⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /tuŋ⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tɔŋ⁵⁵/
    /taŋ⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tøyŋ⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tɔŋ⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /toŋ³³/
    /taŋ³³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔdoŋ²³/
    /ʔdaŋ²³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (5)
    Final () (5)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter towng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /tuoŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /tuoŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /toŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /tawŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /toŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /tuoŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /tuoŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    dōng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    dung1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    dōng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ towng ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tˁuŋ/
    English winter

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2419
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tuːŋ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. winter
    2. (Cantonese) winter solstice
      [Cantonese]  ―  zou6 dung1 [Jyutping]  ―  to celebrate the winter solstice with a dinner
      大過年大过年 [Cantonese]  ―  dung1 daai6 gwo3 nin4 [Jyutping]  ―  the winter solstice is more important than Chinese New Year
    3. (Min Nan) year
    4. (~日) (telegraphy) the second day of a month
    5. Alternative form of (dōng, “bang; thud”).
    6. a surname
    Synonyms[edit]
    See also[edit]
    Seasons in Chinese · 四季 (sìjì, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
    (chūn, “spring”) (xià, “summer”) (qiū, “fall; autumn”) (dōng, “winter”)

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“ratatat; etc.”).
    (This character, , is the simplified form of , which is in turn a variant form of .)
    Notes:

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai
    Kyūjitai
    [1]

    冬
    &#x2F81A;
    or
    +&#xFE00;?
    冬󠄀
    +&#xE0100;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    冬󠄃
    +&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    See here for details.

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 冬)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    ふゆ
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
    English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia

    ⟨puyu⟩/ɸuju/

    From Old Japanese.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (ふゆ) (fuyu

    1. winter (season)
      (ふゆ)(きょう)(ふう)
      Fuyu no Kyōfū
      The Winds of Winter
      Synonyms: 冬季 (tōki), 冬期 (tōki)
    Derived terms[edit]

    Coordinate terms[edit]

    Seasons in Japanese · ()() (shiki, four seasons) (layout · text) · category
    (はる) (haru, spring)
    (しゅん)() (shunki, spring)
    (しゅん)() (shunki, spring period)
    (なつ) (natsu, summer)
    ()() (kaki, summer)
    ()() (kaki, summer period)
    (あき) (aki, fall; autumn)
    (しゅう)() (shūki, fall; autumn)
    (しゅう)() (shūki, fall period)
    (ふゆ) (fuyu, winter)
    (とう)() (tōki, winter)
    (とう)() (tōki, winter period)

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    とう
    Grade: 2
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese (MC tuoŋ).

    Affix[edit]

    (とう) (

    1. winter
    Derived terms[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 264 (paper), page 182 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
    2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC tuoŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 도ᇰ (twong) (Yale: twong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 겨울 (gyeoul dong))

    1. Hanja form? of (winter).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

    Okinawan[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    ふゆ
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi

    Compare Japanese (fuyu, winter).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (hiragana ふゆ, rōmaji fuyu)

    1. winter

    References[edit]

    • ふゆ【冬】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: đông[1]

    1. chữ Hán form of đông (winter).

    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]