躺

躺 U+8EBA, 躺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EBA ← 躹 [U+8EB9] CJK Unified Ideographs 躻 → [U+8EBB]

Translingual

Han character

躺 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+8, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 竹竹火月口 (HHFBR), four-corner 2942₇, composition ⿰身尚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1237, character 58
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38110
• Dae Jaweon: page 1711, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3811, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8EBA

Chinese

trad.		躺
simp. #		躺
alternative forms		倘 儻 傥 𲄲 𲄪 倘 儻 傥 𲄲 𲄪 攩 𫽮 𢮐 淌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰaːŋʔ): semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs).

Etymology

This word is first attested in the Yuan dynasty as 倘.

Many scholars connect this word to a relatively obscure character 踼／𰸄 (tǎng), glossed as 申足伏臥 (“to extend the legs and lie prostrate”) in the rime dictionary Jiyun (Chao et al., 1948; Zhengzhang, 2003).

Yang (2024) argues instead that this word comes from 挺 (tǐng, “to straighten; to lie flat”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tǎng (tang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tang³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ton²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): torng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang³
    • Yale: tǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taang
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tang³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tong²
    • Yale: tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ton²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰɒ̃⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: torng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: torng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɒŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thóng
    • Tâi-lô: thóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵thaon
    • MiniDict: thaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɑ̃³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰan⁴¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躺
Reading #	1/1
No.	11135
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːŋʔ/
Notes	踼之後起字

Definitions

躺

1. to lie face up; to recline

   躺在床上  ―  tǎng zài chuáng shàng  ―  to lie on a bed

2. (euphemistic) to die

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 躺 (“to lie; to recline”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		寢, 臥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		躺, 臥, 躺臥
Beijing Mandarin	Beijing	躺, 歪
	Taiwan	躺
	Singapore	躺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	躺
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	睡, 躺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	躺, 睡
	Wuhan	睡
	Guilin	躺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躺, 睡
	Hefei	睡, 躺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓
	Hong Kong	瞓
	Taishan	眠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眠
	Dongguan	瞓
	Yangjiang	睡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瞓
Gan	Nanchang	睏
Hakka	Meixian	眠, 抗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	睡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	眠, 睡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	睡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	睡
Jin	Taiyuan	躺, 睡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	倒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	倒
Southern Min	Xiamen	倒
	Quanzhou	倒
	Zhangzhou	倒
	Tainan	倒
	Penang (Hokkien)	倒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	倒
	Shantou	夗
	Jieyang	夗
	Leizhou	邁
Wu	Suzhou	睏
	Wenzhou	翻, 倒
Xiang	Changsha	睏
	Shuangfeng	睏

See also

• (to lie face down) 趴 (pā)

Compounds

• 平躺 (píngtǎng)
• 拉躺下
• 旁腿躺身
• 橫躺豎臥 / 横躺竖卧
• 躺下 (tǎngxià)
• 躺屍 / 躺尸 (tǎngshī)
• 躺平 (tǎngpíng)
• 躺椅 (tǎngyǐ)
• 躺棍
• 躺臥 / 躺卧 (tǎngwò)
• 躺船

Japanese

Kanji

躺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)
• Kun: ふす (fusu, 躺す)

Vietnamese

Han character

躺: Hán Nôm readings: thưỡng, thảng

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