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U+8740, 蝀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8740

[U+873F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8741]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈木田 (LIDW), four-corner 55196, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33213
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2860, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8740

Chinese

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trad.
simp. 𬟽

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *toːŋ, *toːŋʔ) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *toːŋ).

Etymology

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Cognate with (OC *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ). See there for more. Also cognate with Nusu thoŋ³¹ gɹi⁵⁵

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (5) (5)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tuwng tuwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/təwŋ/ /təwŋX/
Li
Rong
/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Wang
Li
/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tuŋ/ /tuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dōng dǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dung1 dung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2440 2445
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*toːŋ/ /*toːŋʔ/

Definitions

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  1. Only used in 螮蝀䗖𬟽 (dìdōng, “rainbow”); also used as its short form.

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. rainbow

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): とう () (tsu)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC tuwng|tuwngX). Recorded as Middle Korean 도ᇰ〯 (twǒng) (Yale: twong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 무지개 (mujigae dong))

  1. hanja form? of (rainbow)

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]