噸

See also: 吨

噸 U+5678, 噸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5678 ← 噷 [U+5677] CJK Unified Ideographs 噹 → [U+5679]

Translingual

Han character

噸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口心山金 (RPUC), four-corner 6108₆, composition ⿰口頓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 211, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4429
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 689, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5678

Chinese

trad.		噸
simp.		吨*

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton. For Taiwanese Hokkien tòng, via Japanese トン (ton).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūn, dùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣ, ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deon¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tun / tún
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan / tun / tùn / tòng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ten

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dun
    • Wade–Giles: tun¹
    • Yale: dwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duen
    • Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùn
    • Wade–Giles: tun⁴
    • Yale: dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
    • Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deon¹
    • Yale: dēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tun / tún
    • Hakka Romanization System: dun / dun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dun⁴ / dun³
    • Sinological IPA: /tun⁵⁵/, /tun³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan
    • Tâi-lô: tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tun
    • Tâi-lô: tun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùn
    • Tâi-lô: tùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng
    • Tâi-lô: tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹/

Note:

• tan - colloquial;
• tun - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ten
    • MiniDict: ten^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ten
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tən⁵³/

Definitions

噸

1. Classifier for metric ton.
2. Classifier for ton; tonne.
3. Classifier for registered ton.

Compounds

• 公噸／公吨 (gōngdūn)
• 呫噸／呫吨 (zhāndūn)
• 噸位／吨位 (dūnwèi)
• 噸公里
• 噸數／吨数 (dūnshù)
• 噸海里
• 淨噸位／净吨位
• 短噸／短吨 (duǎndūn)
• 美噸／美吨 (měidūn)
• 英噸／英吨 (yīngdūn)
• 長噸／长吨 (chángdūn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

噸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): とん (ton)
• Kun: とん (ton)

Etymology

ateji, for English ton

Noun

噸(とん) or 噸(トン) • (ton) 

1. トン: ton

Related terms

• 屯(トン) (ton, “(metric) ton”)

Korean

Hanja

噸 • (ton) (hangeul 톤, McCune–Reischauer t'on)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噸: Hán Nôm readings: đốn

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References

• Nom Foundation