橙

Translingual

Han character

橙 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木弓人廿 (DNOT), four-corner 4291₈, composition ⿰木登)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 553, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15552
• Dae Jaweon: page 942, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1297, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6A59

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		橙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
登	*tɯːŋ
璒	*tɯːŋ
燈	*tɯːŋ
簦	*tɯːŋ
蹬	*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝	*tɯːŋs
隥	*tɯːŋs
橙	*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳	*tɯːŋs
墱	*tɯːŋs
鼟	*tʰɯːŋ
膯	*tʰɯːŋ
澄	*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧	*dɯːŋs
僜	*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴	*tʰɯŋs
瞪	*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕	*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜	*tjɯŋʔ
證	*tjɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ) : semantic 木 (“tree; wood”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ).

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 橙

1. orange (the tree)
2. orange (the fruit) (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 楷 c)
3. orange (the color)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 橙 – see 凳 (“bench, stool; chair”). (This character is a variant form of 凳).

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Japanese

Kanji

橙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bitter orange

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}; とう (tō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}; とう (tō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kun: だいだい (daidai, 橙)

Compounds

Compounds

• 橙果(とうか) (tōka)
• 橙(とう)花油(かゆ) (tō-kayu)
• 橙橘(トウキツ) (tōkitsu)
• 橙(とう)黄色(こうしょく) (tōkōshoku)
• 橙色(とうしょく) (tōshoku)
• 橙皮(とうひ) (tōhi)
• 香橙(コウトウ) (kōtō)
• 文橙(ぼんたん) (bontan)
• 臭橙(しゅうとう) (shūtō)
• 赤橙(せきとう)色(しょく) (sekitōshoku)
• 臭橙(カブス) (kabusu), 臭橙(カブチ) (kabuchi)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
橙
だいだい Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

• (bitter orange): 臭橙, 回青橙

Etymology

Thought to be derived from 代代 (daidai, “many generations”), from the way bitter orange fruits never fall down, even in winter, until picked.

Noun

橙(だいだい) or 橙(ダイダイ) • (daidai) 

1. the bitter orange, Citrus × aurantium

   Synonym: 橙橘 (tōkitsu)

   Hyponyms: 枸櫞 (kabuchi), 臭橙 (kabusu)

   Hypernym: 蜜柑 (mikan)

2. (by extension) Short for 橙色 (daidai-iro): the color orange

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 橙(ダイダイ)磯海綿(イソカイメン) (daidai isokaimen)
• 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidai-iro)
• 橙(だいだい)-酢(ず) (daidai-zu)
• 橙(ダイダイ)橘(タチバナ) (daidai-tachibana)
• 夏(ナツ)橙(ダイダイ) (natsudaidai)

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Korean

Hanja

橙 • (deung, jeung) (hangeul 등, 증, revised deung, jeung, McCune–Reischauer tŭng, chŭng, Yale tung, cung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 橙 (chanh, tranh)

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References

• Nom Foundation