常

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

常 (radical 50 巾+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月口中月 (FBRLB), four-corner 90227, composition ⿱⿱龸口巾)

  1. common, normal, frequent, regular, often
  2. a Chinese surname

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 333, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 639, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 744, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5E38

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

常 (Jyutping soeng4, Yale seung4)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
常

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Etymology[edit]

tokotopa → tokotoɸa → tokotowa.

Readings[edit]

Noun[edit]

常 (hiragana とこ, romaji toko)

  1. eternal
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

常 (hiragana とことわ, historical hiragana とことは, romaji tokotowa)

  1. permanence

Noun[edit]

常 (hiragana とことば, romaji tokotoba)

  1. permanence

Noun[edit]

常 (hiragana つね, romaji tsune)

  1. always
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

常 (hiragana きた, romaji kita)

  1. a unit used to measure the length of cloth
  2. a unit for measuring the area of a field

Noun[edit]

常 (hiragana きだ, romaji kida)

  1. a unit used to measure the length of cloth
  2. a unit for measuring the area of a field
Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

常 (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang)

Mandarin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

常 (Pinyin cháng (chang2), Wade-Giles ch'ang2)

Compounds[edit]

Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

常 (*zhiɑng)

Min Nan[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

常 (TLPA siông (siong5), tshiâng (tshiang5))

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

常 (thường, sàn)

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