甬

See also: 角

甬 U+752C, 甬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752C ← 甫 [U+752B] CJK Unified Ideographs 甭 → [U+752D]

Translingual

Han character

甬 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈月手 (NIBQ), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿱龴用)

Derived characters

• 俑, 埇, 㛚, 悀, 捅, 涌, 通, 桶, 㷁, 硧, 蛹, 誦(诵), 踊, 銿, 鯒(鲬)
• 勈, 㦷, 㪌, 㼧, 筩, 痛, 勇, 恿

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠳀, 𢓶, 𪴷, 𰛼, 𦛸, 𭺢, 𭾸, 𮁾, 𮄯, 𧚔, 𬗝, 𰄉, 𧻹, 𣗧, 𩊾, 𩛤, 𪌻
• 𣭲, 𰢳, 𭺻, 𩒼(𬱥), 𫈏, 𥦁, 𪔜, 𭙡, 𧆿, 𨴭, 𭺹, 𣵳, 𡇮, 𧗴, 𫺩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21707
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 53, character 18
• Unihan data for U+752C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		甬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 甬
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pictogram (象形) – a bronze bell. In the bronze inscription, the lower part evolved into 用 (OC *loŋs), which serves as a phonetic component. Similar but unrelated to 用 and 角.

Etymology

Related to 用 (yòng, “use”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng, dòng (yong³, dong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ, ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung²
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng³ / yoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³
    • Yale: yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòng
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴
    • Yale: dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung²
    • Yale: yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ê̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: yowngX

Rime
Character	甬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余隴切
Baxter	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	甬
Reading #	1/1
No.	15448
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勇
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

甬

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) handle of a bell
2. path screened by walls on both sides
3. An ancient name for Ningbo, a city in Zhejiang province
4. The Yong River in Ningbo

Compounds

• 甬劇 / 甬剧 (yǒngjù)
• 甬路
• 甬道 (yǒngdào)

References

• “甬”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “甬”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

Japanese

Kanji

甬

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. road with walls on both sides

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: つね (tsune, 甬)、つかう (tsukau, 甬う)、おどる (odoru, 甬る)

Korean

Hanja

甬 (eumhun 양쪽에 담을 쌓은 길 용 (yangjjoge dameul ssa'eun gil yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

甬: Hán Nôm readings: dũng

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References

• Nom Foundation