唐

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唐 U+5510, 唐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5510
← 唏
[U+550F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 唑 →
[U+5511]

唐 U+2F842, 唐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F842
← 哶
[U+2F841] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 啓 →
[U+2F843]

Translingual

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Han character

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唐 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈中口 (ILR), four-corner 00267, composition ⿸广⿱肀口)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3709
  • Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 633, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5510

Bailang

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mraŋ. Compare Burmese မြင် (mrang, “to see”).

Verb

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唐 (*lˤɑŋ)

  1. to see

References

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  • Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 唐
alternative forms 𡃯
𣉺
𥏬
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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (庚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唐 *ɡl'aːŋ
煻 *l'aːŋ
糖 *l'aːŋ
搪 *l'aːŋ
蓎 *l'aːŋ
瑭 *l'aːŋ
餹 *l'aːŋ
篖 *l'aːŋ
螗 *l'aːŋ
塘 *l'aːŋ
鶶 *l'aːŋ
赯 *l'aːŋ
磄 *l'aːŋ
溏 *l'aːŋ
傏 *l'aːŋ
鎕 *l'aːŋ
榶 *l'aːŋ
嵣 *l'aːŋʔ, *l'aːŋs
庚 *kraːŋ
賡 *kraːŋ
鹒 *kraːŋ
康 *kʰlaːŋ
穅 *kʰlaːŋ
糠 *kʰlaːŋ
槺 *kʰlaːŋ
漮 *kʰlaːŋ
躿 *kʰlaːŋ
慷 *kʰlaːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡl'aːŋ) : phonetic 庚 (OC *kraːŋ) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – to exaggerate, to boast. 唐 and 庚 were near-homophones in Old Chinese.

Etymology

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Either related to 途 (OC *l'aː) (Wang, 1982) or from Austroasiatic, compare Proto-Austroasiatic *glɔːŋ, whence Mon ဂၠံၚ်, Kensiu gəlɔŋ, Kuy khlù:aŋ (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • dung2/dng2 - vernacular (less commonly used in surname);
  • dorng2 - literary.
Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
    • tn̂g - vernacular (incl. surname);
    • tông - literary.
Note:
  • deng5 - vernacular (more commonly used in surname);
  • tang5 - literary.
Rime
Character 唐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒郎切
Baxter dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/daŋ/
Li
Rong 		/dɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/dɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		táng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tong4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 唐 唐 唐
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tāng táng táng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thang › ‹ dang › ‹ dang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*r̥ˁaŋ/ /*[N-]rˁaŋ/ /*[N].rˁaŋ/
English name of first Shang ruler exaggerate; great 棠棣 cherry tree

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 唐
Reading # 1/1
No. 3959
Phonetic
component 		庚
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		唐
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡl'aːŋ/

Definitions

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唐

  1. Used in 荒唐 (huāngtáng).; to exaggerate; to boast
  2. (literary) exaggerative; boastful
  3. (obsolete) vast; wide; extensive
  4. (obsolete) road inside temple
  5. (literary) in vain; to no avail
  6. 50th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "vastness, emptiness, pointlessness" (𝌷)
  7. (～朝) Tang Dynasty (618–907)
    唐詩／唐诗  ―  tángshī  ―  Tang poetry
  8. Later Tang (923–937), the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
    Synonym: 後唐／后唐 (Hòutáng)
  9. Southern Tang (937–976), a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
    Synonym: 南唐 (Nántáng)
  10. Tang, a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty established by Emperor Yao
    Synonym: 陶唐
  11. (figurative) China
    唐人  ―  tángrén  ―  Chinese person
  12. (obsolete) (alt. form 蓎) dodder (Cuscuta chinensis)
  13. (～縣) Tang county (a county of Baoding, Hebei, China)
  14. (～郡) Down (a county of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
  15. a surname
    唐君毅  ―  Táng Jūnyì  ―  Tang Chun-i (20th-century Chinese philosopher)

See also

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Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
夏 (～朝, ～代) 		2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
商 (～朝, ～代)
殷 (～朝, ～代) 		1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
周 (～朝, ～代) 		1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周／东周		 Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國／战国
Qin
秦 (～朝, ～代) 		221 – 206 BCE
Han
漢／汉 (～朝, ～代) 		206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢／西汉
Xin
新 (～朝)
Eastern Han
東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國／三国 		220 – 280 C.E. Wei
魏
Shu Han
蜀漢／蜀汉
Wu
吳／吴
Jin
晉／晋 (～朝, ～代) 		265 – 420 C.E. Western Jin
西晉／西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝 		420 – 589 C.E. Northern dynasties
北朝		 Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏／东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊／北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝		 Liu Song
劉宋／刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊／南齐
Liang
梁 (～朝, ～代)
Chen
陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui
隋 (～朝, ～代) 		581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
唐 (～朝, ～代) 		618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國／五代十国 		907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
遼／辽 (～朝, ～代) 		907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
宋 (～朝, ～代) 		960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏 		1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
金 (～朝, ～代) 		1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼／西辽 		1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
元 (～朝, ～代) 		1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
明 (～朝, ～代) 		1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
清 (～朝, ～代) 		1636 – 1912 C.E.

Compounds

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Descendants

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 唐
Kyūjitai
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唐󠄁
唐+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
唐󠄃
唐+&#xE0103;?
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Kanji

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唐

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. Tang dynasty
  2. China, Chinese, Sino-
  3. foreign
  4. baseless, bogus
  5. abrupt, sudden

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
唐
とう
Grade: S
on'yomi

/tau/ → /tɔː/ → /toː/

From Middle Chinese 唐 (MC dang).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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唐(とう) • (tō) ←たう (tau)?

  1. foreign lands in general
Derived terms
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Derived terms
Idioms
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Proper noun

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唐(とう) • (Tō) ←たう (Tau)?

  1. (historical) name of various Chinese dynasties:
    1. the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE)
    2. the 後唐 (Kōtō, “Later Tang”) (923-937 CE)
    3. the 南唐 (Nantō, “Southern Tang”) (937–976 CE)
  2. (dated) China in general
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
唐
から
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From 伽羅, a proper name from ancient Korean Peninsula.

Originally meant "China" during the Tang dynasty and "elements imported from China", then later expanded to mean "foreign lands in general" and "elements imported from foreign lands".

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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唐(から) • (kara-) 

  1. element in compounds, referring to things imported from China or from other foreign lands
    漢詩(からうた)、唐(から)歌(うた)、唐(から)揚(あ)げ、漢音(からごえ)
    karauta, karauta, karaage, karagoe
    Chinese-style poetry (as opposed to formal waka Japanese-style poetry), Chinese-style poetry, deep-fried chicken or fish (a style introduced by Europeans in the 1600s), "Chinese voice" → the kan'on or Chinese-derived reading for a character
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Noun

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唐(から) • (kara) 

  1. foreign lands in general
  2. Short for 唐織り (karaori): silk fabrics imported from China; an exquisitely-embroidered woman's kimono; a costume made in the karaori style used in Noh theater

Proper noun

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唐(から) • (Kara) 

  1. (formal, dated) the name of China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE).
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
唐
もろこし
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 唐 – see the following entry.
【もろこし】
[proper noun] (archaic) China
[noun] (archaic) any objects imported from China
Alternative spelling
唐土
(This term, 唐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 454 (paper), page 277 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 299 (paper), page 161 (digital)
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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唐 (eumhun 당나라 당 (dangnara dang))

  1. hanja form? of 당 (“Tang dynasty”)
  2. hanja form? of 당 (“Chinese”)

Okinawan

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Kanji

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唐

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
唐
とー
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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唐(とー) (Tō) 

  1. China

Derived terms

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References

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  • “とー【唐】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

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Han character

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唐: Hán Nôm readings: Đường, đường, đằng, đàng, giềng

  1. Tang dynasty
  2. Chinese
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