瞳

Translingual

Han character

瞳 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜廿土 (BUYTG), four-corner 6001₄, composition ⿰目童)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 818, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23707
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2514, character 12
• Unihan data for U+77B3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瞳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːŋ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ).

Etymology

From 童 (OC *doːŋ, “child”). Compare English pupil (“‘child’ > student; pupil of eye”) for a similar semantic development.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瞳

1. ^† inexperienced; ignorant
2. (anatomy) pupil of eye
3. ^† sight; vision; view
4. ^† to see

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Japanese

Kanji

瞳

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ずう (zū)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yō-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi, 瞳, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 瞳孔(どうこう) (dōkō)

Noun

瞳(ひとみ) • (hitomi) 

1. (anatomy) pupil

   瞳(ひとみ)に映(うつ)る景色(けしき)

   hitomi ni utsuru keshiki

   the scene reflected in one's eyes

Proper noun

瞳(ひとみ) • (Hitomi) 

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

瞳 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong, Yale tong)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 瞳 (đồng)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Nôm: đồng, tròng

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999