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U+50EE, 僮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50EE

[U+50ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+50EF]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿土 (OYTG), four-corner 20214, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 221, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+50EE

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms boy servant


𭜀

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *doːŋ) : semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *doːŋ)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17440
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋ/

Definitions

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  1. boy
  2. servant
  3. (historical) page; boy servant
  4. ignorant
  5. Alternative form of (dòng)
  6. a surname

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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See .

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (obsolete) (~族) Alternative name for (zhuàng, “Zhuang (people)”).

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. child
    Synonym:
  2. fool, foolish
    Synonym:
  3. servant
    Synonym:

Readings

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  • Go-on: ずう ()
  • Kan-on: とう ()
  • Kan’yō-on: どう ()
  • Kun: しもべ (shimobe, )わらべ (warabe, )おろか (oroka, 僮か)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (dong))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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