仝

See also: 同 and 㒰

仝	U+4EDD, 仝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDD

← 仜
[U+4EDC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

仞 →
[U+4EDE]

Translingual

Han character

仝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人一 (OM) or X人一 (XOM), four-corner 8010₁, composition ⿱人工)

Descendants

々

References

KangXi: page 93, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 378

Dae Jaweon: page 196, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 111, character 2

Unihan data for U+4EDD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仝

**Small seal script**
s03781

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).

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

	Old Chinese
鮦	duʔ, doːŋ, *doŋʔ
侗	tʰoːŋ, tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫	tʰoːŋ, doːŋs
痌	*tʰoːŋ
同	*doːŋ
仝	zlon, doːŋ
銅	*doːŋ
桐	*doːŋ
峒	doːŋ, doːŋs
硐	doːŋ, doːŋʔ
筒	doːŋ, doːŋs
洞	doːŋ, doːŋs
烔	*doːŋ
挏	doːŋ, doːŋʔ
酮	doːŋ, doːŋʔ
鲖
眮	doːŋ, doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕	doːŋ, doːŋs
哃	*doːŋ
絧	doːŋ, doːŋs
姛	*doːŋʔ
詷	doːŋʔ, doːŋs
胴	*doːŋs
駧	*doːŋs
迵	*doːŋs
戙	*doːŋs

人 + 工.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóng (tong²)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴
Min Nan (POJ): kāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²
  - Yale: túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
  - Palladius: тун (tun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴
  - Yale: tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāng
  - Tâi-lô: kāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /duŋ/

Rime
Character	仝
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒紅切
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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仝
Reading #	2/2
No.	12447
Phonetic component	同
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	同
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/
Notes	古文同，出道書，說文同全

Definitions

仝

Alternative form of 同 (tóng).
a surname

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仝
alternative forms		同共

From 共.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kāng / kâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāng
  - Tâi-lô: kāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kang
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâng
  - Tâi-lô: kâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ²⁴/

Definitions

仝

(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) same

Synonyms

𫝛 (siāng)
(Mandarin) 同 (tóng)

Compounds

仝款 (kāng-khoán)

相仝 (sio-kāng)

無仝／无仝 (bô-kāng)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 仝 – see 童 (“child; young servant; servant boy; etc.”). (This character, 仝, is the second-round simplified form of 童.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

“Entry #1315”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
“臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #367”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

See also 同

Kanji

仝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

same

Readings

Go-on: ずう (zū)^{←づう (dū, historical)}
Kan-on: とう (tō)
Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)
Kun: おなじ (onaji, 仝じ)

Usage notes

This kanji is a zokuji (俗字), a variant that is widespread but not orthodox. It is non-standard for 同.

Descendants

々

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

仝: Hán Việt readings: đồng[1][2][3][4][5]
仝: Nôm readings: đồng[1][2], giồng[2][6]

chữ Hán form of đồng (“same, united (alt form of 同)”).
chữ Hán form of Đồng (“a surname”).
Nôm form of giồng (“plant, sow, cultivate”).

References

Nguyễn et al. (2009).
Trần (2004).
Trần (1999).
Nguyễn (1974).
Thiều Chửu (1942).
Hồ (1976).

[tdcntd-1] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-2] Trần (2004).

[tvctdhv-3] Trần (1999).

[hvttd-4] Nguyễn (1974).

[tchvtd-5] Thiều Chửu (1942).

[btcn-6] Hồ (1976).