涷

涷 U+6DB7, 涷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DB7 ← 涶 [U+6DB6] CJK Unified Ideographs 涸 → [U+6DB8]

Translingual

Han character

涷 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水木田 (EDW), four-corner 3519₆, composition ⿰氵東)

1. rainstorm

Derived characters

• 𠍀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 628, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17600
• Dae Jaweon: page 1030, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1643, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6DB7

Chinese

trad.		涷
simp.		𰛒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
東	*toːŋ
菄	*toːŋ
鶇	*toːŋ
倲	*toːŋ
涷	*toːŋ, *toːŋs
蝀	*toːŋ, *toːŋʔ
凍	*toːŋ, *toːŋs
鯟	*toːŋ
崠	*toːŋ
埬	*toːŋ
棟	*toːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːŋ, *toːŋs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ, “east”)

Etymology

Hmong-Mien; compare Proto-Mien *mbluŋC (“rain”), which possibly relates to Proto-Hmong *m-noŋC (“rain”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dōng, dòng (dong¹, dong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ, ㄉㄨㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dong¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹, dung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòng
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴
    • Yale: dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹, dung³
    • Yale: dūng, dung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹, dung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹, dung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/, /tʊŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwng, tuwngH

Rime
Character	涷	涷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	德紅切	多貢切
Baxter	tuwng	tuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋ/	/təwŋH/
Li Rong	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/
Wang Li	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung1	dung3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ/, /*toːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	涷	涷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2439	2446
Phonetic component	東	東
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	東	涷
Old Chinese	/*toːŋ/	/*toːŋs/

Definitions

涷

1. (literary) rainstorm; torrential rain

   • 廣開兮天門，
     紛吾乘兮玄雲。
     令飄風兮先驅，
     使涷雨兮灑塵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     广开兮天门，
     纷吾乘兮玄云。
     令飘风兮先驱，
     使𰛒雨兮洒尘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Guǎngkāi xī tiānmén,
     Fēn wú chéng xī xuányún.
     Lìng piāofēng xī xiānqū,
     Shǐ dōngyǔ xī sǎ chén. [Pinyin]

     Wide open is the Gate of Heaven;
     Chaotically I ride the dark clouds.
     I command the whirl-winds to advance;
     I order the torrential rain to sprinkle the dust.

Compounds

• 偏涷雨／偏𰛒雨
• 款涷／款𰛒
• 涷瀧／𰛒泷
• 涷雨／𰛒雨
• 涷餒／𰛒馁
• 顆涷／颗𰛒

 

Japanese

Kanji

涷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō); つ (tsu)
• Kun: にわかあめ (niwakāme)

Korean

Hanja

涷 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong, Yale tong)

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