橙

橙 U+6A59, 橙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A59 ← 橘 [U+6A58] CJK Unified Ideographs 橚 → [U+6A5A]

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

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

simp. and trad.		橙
alternative forms		棖／枨

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 橙

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 橙子 (“orange”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	橙子
	Taiwan	柳丁, 柳橙
	Harbin	橙子
	Malaysia	橙
	Singapore	橙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	橙子
	Xuzhou	橙子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	橙子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	橙子, 廣柑, 廣柑兒
	Guilin	橙子
	Pingle	橙子
	Liuzhou	橙子
	Luzhai	橙子, 橙子果
	Nanning (Wuming)	橙果, 橙子
	Hechi (Yizhou)	橙子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	黃果
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	黃果
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	橙子, 甜橙
	Yangzhou	橙子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橙
	Hong Kong	橙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	橙
	Macau	橙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	橙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	橙仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	橙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	橙
	Foshan	橙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	橙
	Foshan (Shunde)	橙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	橙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	橙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	橙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	橙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	橙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	橙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	橙
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	橙
	Taishan	橙
	Kaiping (Chikan)	橙
	Enping (Niujiang)	橙
	Heshan (Yayao)	橙果
	Dongguan	橙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	橙
	Beihai	橙
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	橙子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	橙子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	橙, 橙果, 橙子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	橙
	Penang (Guangfu)	橙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	橙
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	橙
	Móng Cái	橙
Gan	Pingxiang	廣柑
Hakka	Meixian	橙仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	橙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	橙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	橙仔
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	橙
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	橙, 大桔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	橙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	橙
	Hong Kong	橙仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	橙
Jin	Taiyuan	橙子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	橙
Southern Min	Xiamen	橙
	Quanzhou	橙
	Zhangzhou	橙
	Taipei	柳丁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	柳丁
	Kaohsiung	柳丁
	Yilan	柳丁
	Changhua (Lukang)	柳丁
	Taichung	柳丁
	Taichung (Wuqi)	柳丁
	Tainan	柳丁
	Taitung	柳丁
	Hsinchu	柳丁
	Kinmen	橙
	Kinmen (Jinsha)	橙
	Penghu (Magong)	柳丁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	橙
	Manila (Hokkien)	橙
	Guilin (Biyange)	橙子
	Shantou	橙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	橙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	橙
	Haikou	橙
Puxian Min	Xianyou	嗍柑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	橙
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	橙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橙
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Yangjia)	橙子柑
Wu	Shanghai	甜橙, 橙子
	Suzhou	橙子
	Danyang	橙
	Hangzhou	橙子
	Wenzhou	甜橙
Xiang	Changsha	甜橙, 廣橘

Dialectal synonyms of 橙 (“orange (colour adjective)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		橙, 橙黃, 橘黃, 橘紅
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	橘黃, 橘紅
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	橘紅
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	橘黃, 橘紅
	Wanrong	橘紅
	Xuzhou	橘黃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	橘黃, 橘紅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	橘黃, 橘紅
	Yangzhou	橘黃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	金魚黃
	Hong Kong	橙
	Dongguan	橙
Hakka	Meixian	金黃, 金紅
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淰黃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淰黃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淰黃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	柑黃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淰黃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	金黃
Jin	Taiyuan	橘紅, 橘黃
Southern Min	Xiamen	金黃, 橘黃
	Penang (Hokkien)	柑
	Manila (Hokkien)	橙
	Shantou	金黃, 橘紅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橘黃
Wu	Shanghai	橘黃, 橘紅, 橙黃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	橘黃
	Hangzhou	橘黃, 橘紅
	Ningbo	橘黃, 橘紅
	Wenzhou	橘黃

Descendants

• → Thai: เช้ง (chéeng)

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)

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)

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Vietnamese

Han character

橙: Hán Nôm readings: chanh, tranh

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References

• Nom Foundation