冬

See also: 鼕

冬	U+51AC, 冬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51AC

← 冫
[U+51AB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

冭 →
[U+51AD]

冬	U+2F81A, 冬 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81A

← 仌
[U+2F819]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

况 →
[U+2F81B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

冬 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹水卜 (HEY), four-corner 2730₃, composition ⿱夂⺀ (GTJV) or ⿱夂冫 (K))

Derived characters

佟咚㚵峂㠽㤏𢫝泈㹣㣠𨒟𣁲昸柊炵䂢終(终) 𨀐鉖𩢦鮗鴤鼨
䧷䳉䶱㐑螽苳㫡笗𩂓㲇鼕氡庝疼图𥮴

References

KangXi: page 131, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1610
Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 19
Unihan data for U+51AC
Unihan data for U+2F81A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冬
Shang	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
疼	dɯːŋ, duːŋ
冬	*tuːŋ
苳	*tuːŋ
笗	*tuːŋ
炵	tʰuːŋ, duːŋ
佟	*duːŋ
鼕	*duːŋ
鉖	*duːŋ
終	*tjuŋ
螽	*tjuŋ
鼨	*tjuŋ
柊	*tjuŋ
鴤	*tjuŋ
泈	*tjuŋ
蔠	*tjuŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tuːŋ) : phonetic 夂 (“end”) + semantic 仌 (“ice”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		冬
alternative forms		昸㫡𠔙𣆼𠘀昸㫡𠔙𣆼𠘀𣅈𠘗

Wang (1982) relates it to 終 (OC *tjuŋ, “to end”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dōng (dong¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ
(Chengdu, SP): dong¹
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дун (dun, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): dung¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): uung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): dung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tûng
(Meixian, Guangdong): dung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): dung¹
Min Bei (KCR): dóng
Min Dong (BUC): dĕ̤ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tang / tong
(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ / dong¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ton (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): dong¹

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: dong¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дун (dun, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹
  - Yale: dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: uung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: dung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʊŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tũŋ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dĕ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøyŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang
  - Tâi-lô: tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dafng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /taŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong
  - Tâi-lô: tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

tang - colloquial;
tong - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ / dong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang / tong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³/, /toŋ³³/

Note:

dang1 - colloquial;
dong1 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ton (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʊŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tən³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 冬
Mandarin	Beijing	/tuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/tuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/tuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/tuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/təŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/tuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/tuŋ²¹/
	Xining	/tuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/tuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/tũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/tuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/toŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/toŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/toŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/toŋ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/toŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/təŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/tuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/tũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/toŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/toŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/toŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/toŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/tʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/tan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/toŋ³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/tən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/tuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/tuŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/toŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/tuŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/tuŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tɔŋ⁵⁵/ /taŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tøyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/tɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/toŋ³³/ /taŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔdoŋ²³/ /ʔdaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /tuoŋ/

Rime
Character	冬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都宗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tuoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/toŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tawŋ/
Li Rong	/toŋ/
Wang Li	/tuoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤuŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*tuːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dōng
Middle Chinese	‹ towng ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁuŋ/
English	winter
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	冬
Reading #	1/1
No.	2419
Phonetic component	冬
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冬
Old Chinese	/*tuːŋ/

Definitions

冬

winter
(Cantonese) winter solstice
做冬 [Cantonese] ― zou⁶ dung¹ [Jyutping] ― to celebrate the winter solstice with a dinner
冬大過年／冬大过年 [Cantonese] ― dung¹ daai⁶ gwo³ nin⁴ [Jyutping] ― the winter solstice is more important than Chinese New Year
(Min Nan) year
(～日) (telegraphy) the second day of a month
Alternative form of 咚 (dōng, “bang; thud”).
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 冬天 (“winter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		冬, 冬日
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冬天, 冬季, 冬日
Mandarin	Beijing	冬天
	Taiwan	冬天
	Tianjin	冬天, 冬底下
	Chengde	冬天
	Tangshan	冬天
	Cangzhou	冬天
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	冬天
	Baoding	冬天
	Shijiazhuang	冬天
	Daming	冬天
	Chifeng	冬天
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	冬天
	Heihe	冬天
	Qiqihar	冬天
	Harbin	冬天
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	冬天
	Jiamusi	冬天
	Baicheng	冬天
	Changchun	冬天
	Tonghua	冬天
	Shenyang	冬天
	Dandong	冬天
	Jinzhou	冬天
	Dalian	冬天, 冬季天兒
	Yantai	冬天
	Yantai (Muping)	冬天, 冬季天兒
	Qingdao	冬天, 臘月天兒
	Lijin	冬天
	Jinan	冬天
	Jining	冬天
	Luoyang	冬天
	Wanrong	冬間
	Shangqiu	冬天
	Yuanyang	冬天
	Zhengzhou	冬天
	Lingbao	冬天
	Xinyang	冬天
	Baihe	冬天, 九天, 九裡頭
	Hanzhong	冬天
	Xi'an	冬天, 冬裡
	Dingbian	冬天, 冬裡
	Baoji	冬天, 寒天, 冬上
	Yinchuan	冬天
	Yongning (Najiahu)	冬天, 冷天
	Tianshui	冬天
	Lanzhou	冬天, 冬月天, 冷月天
	Dunhuang	冬天, 冬裡
	Xining	冬天
	Hami	冬天
	Ürümqi	冬天
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	冬天
	Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	冬天
	Wuhan	冬季, 冬天, 冷天, 冷季
	Yichang	冷天
	Xiangyang	冬天, 冷天裡
	Tianmen	冬天, 寒天, 冷天
	Hong'an	冬天道, 冷天道
	Chengdu	冬天, 冬天家
	Nanchong	冬天, 寒天
	Dazhou	冷天
	Hanyuan	冬天, 冷天
	Xichang	冬天, 寒天
	Zigong	冬天, 冷天, 冬辰
	Chongqing	冬天, 冷天
Guiyang	冬天, 冬天家, 寒天
Zunyi	冬天
Bijie	冷天家
Liping	冬天
Zhaotong	冬天
Dali	冬天
Kunming	冬天
Mengzi	冬天
Guilin	冬天
Pingle	寒天, 寒冷天, 冬月天
Liuzhou	冬天, 冷天
Nanning (Wuming)	冬天, 冷天, 北風天
Yizhou	冬天, 冷天
Luocheng (Dongmen)	冬天, 冷天
Tianlin (Langping)	冬天
Jishou	冬天, 冷天
Changde	冬天
Anqing	冬天, 冷天
Xuzhou	冷天, 冬天, 寒裡
Fuyang	冬天
Wuhu	冬天
Yangzhou	冷天, 冬寒天, 冬天, 寒裡
Lianyungang	冬天, 寒天, 寒裡
Lianshui	冬天, 寒裡頭
Nanjing	冷天, 冬天
Hefei	冬天
Nantong	寒天
Singapore	冬天
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	冬天
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	冬天
Mae Salong (Lancang)	冷天
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冬天, 冷天
	Hong Kong	冬天
	Taishan	冷天
	Taishan (Guanghai)	冬天
	Kaiping (Chikan)	冷天
	Dongguan	冬天
	Nanning	冷天
	Wuzhou	冷天
	Yulin	天冷天
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	冷天, 冬天
	Guiping (Madong)	冬天, 北風天
	Baise	冷天
	Mandalay (Taishan)	冬天
Gan	Nanchang	冬天
	Pengze	冬下天
	Lichuan	冷天
	Pingxiang	冷天, 冬下裡
Hakka	Meixian	冬天, 冬下, 冬下頭, 寒天, 冷天
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	冷天
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	冷天
	Wuhua (Changbu)	冬下晨
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	冷天
	Liancheng (Peitian)	冬下
	Yudu	冬下
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	寒天, 冷天, 冬下頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	寒天, 冷天, 冬下頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	寒天, 冷天, 冬下頭, 冬下時
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	寒天, 冬下頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	寒天, 冬下頭, 冬下時
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	寒天, 冬天
	Bobai (Shahe)	冬天
	Bobai (Longtan)	冬天
	Bobai (Lingping)	冷天
	Beiliu (Gonghe)	冬天
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	冬下天
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	冬天
	Pingle (Tong'an)	冬天
	Yangshuo (Jinbao)	冬天, 冬下
	Sabah (Longchuan)	冬天, 冬季
	Pontianak (Meixian)	冷天
Huizhou	Jixi	下冬, 冬場子, 冬場下
Huizhou	Shexian	冬天
Jin	Taiyuan	冬天
	Yangyuan	冬天, 冬末寒天
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	冬天, 冬哩
	Xinzhou	冬天
	Lishi	冬天
	Linfen	冬天
	Changzhi	冬天
	Linhe	冬天, 冬天裡
	Jining	冬天
	Hohhot	冬天
	Erenhot	冬天
	Pingshan	冬天
	Zhangjiakou	冬天
	Handan	冬天
	Linzhou	冬天
	Suide	冬裡
Min Bei	Jian'ou	冬天
Min Dong	Fuzhou	凊天, 冬天
	Changle	凊天
	Fuqing	凊天, 冬天
	Yongtai	凊天
	Gutian	寒天
	Fu'an	寒天
	Ningde	寒天
	Shouning	寒天
	Zhouning	寒天
	Fuding	寒天
	Matsu	冬天
Min Nan	Xiamen	冬天, 寒天, 寒冬, 寒儂
	Quanzhou	冬天, 寒天, 寒儂
	Yongchun	寒天, 冬天
	Zhangzhou	冬天, 寒天, 寒冬
	Zhao'an	寒天, 冬天
	Dongshan	寒天, 冬天
	Taipei	冬天, 寒儂, 寒天
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	冬仔, 寒天
	Kaohsiung	冬天, 寒儂, 寒天
	Yilan	冬天, 寒儂, 寒天
	Changhua (Lukang)	冬天, 寒儂, 寒天
	Taichung	冬天, 寒天
	Tainan	冬天, 寒儂, 寒天
	Hsinchu	冬天, 寒天儂
	Kinmen	冬天, 寒天
	Penghu (Magong)	冬天, 寒天
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬天
	Singapore (Hokkien)	寒天
	Manila (Hokkien)	寒儂
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	寒天, 在冬
	Guilin (Biyange)	冬天
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	寒天, 冷天, 冬月天
	Shantou	冬天時, 凝天時
	Shantou (Chenghai)	凝天時, 凊天時, 凊天
	Jieyang	冬天時, 凝天時, 寒天時
	Haifeng	凝天時, 凊天時, 冬天時
	Leizhou	冬天
	Haikou	冬季
	Qionghai	寒天
Puxian Min	Putian	寒天, 冬天
Min Zhong	Yong'an	冬天
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冬季
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	冬天, 冷天
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	冬天
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	冷天, 冬天
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	冬天
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	冬天
Wu	Shanghai	冬天, 冷天, 冬場裡, 寒場裡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寒天, 寒場裡, 寒裡
	Suzhou	冬天, 冷天, 寒天
	Danyang	冬天, 冬天頭, 冬季
	Hangzhou	冬天
	Ningbo	冬天價, 冬天
	Wenzhou	天色冷, 十二月
	Jinhua	冬天
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	冬裡
Xiang	Changsha	冬天, 冷天
	Loudi	冬天
	Quanzhou	冬天

Dialectal synonyms of 冬至 (“winter solstice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		冬至, 南至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冬至
Mandarin	Beijing	冬至
	Taiwan	冬至
	Tianjin	冬至
	Tangshan	冬至
	Cangzhou	冬至
	Baoding	冬至
	Shijiazhuang	冬至
	Chifeng	冬至
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	冬至
	Harbin	冬至
	Shenyang	冬至
	Yantai (Muping)	冬, 過冬
	Qingdao	冬至, 過冬
	Jinan	冬至
	Luoyang	冬至
	Wanrong	冬至
	Zhengzhou	冬至
	Xi'an	冬至
	Yinchuan	冬至
	Lanzhou	冬至
	Xining	冬至
	Ürümqi	冬至
	Wuhan	冬至
	Chengdu	冬至
	Chongqing	冬至
	Guiyang	冬至
	Kunming	冬至
	Guilin	冬至
	Liuzhou	冬至
	Xuzhou	冬至, 長至 dated
	Yangzhou	冬至
	Nanjing	冬至
	Hefei	冬至
	Nantong	冬至, 大冬
	Singapore	冬至
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冬至, 冬節, 冬
	Hong Kong	冬至, 冬, 冬節
	Dongguan	冬至
Gan	Nanchang	冬至
	Lichuan	冬至
	Pingxiang	冬至
Hakka	Meixian	冬至
	Yudu	冬至
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冬節, 冬至
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冬節, 冬至
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冬節
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冬節, 冬至
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冬節
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冬節
Huizhou	Jixi	冬至
Huizhou	Shexian	冬至
Jin	Taiyuan	冬至, 過冬
	Xinzhou	冬至
	Linhe	冬至
	Jining	冬至
	Hohhot	冬至
	Zhangjiakou	冬至
	Handan	冬至
Min Bei	Jian'ou	冬節
Min Dong	Fuzhou	冬至, 冬節
Min Dong	Fuqing	冬至
Min Nan	Xiamen	冬節
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	冬節
	Quanzhou	冬節, 小年兜
	Jinjiang	冬節
	Zhangzhou	冬節
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	冬節
	Zhao'an	冬節
	Tainan	冬節
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬節
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬節
	Shantou (Chenghai)	冬節
	Jieyang	冬節
	Haifeng	冬節
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	冬節
	Haikou	冬至, 冬節
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冬至
Wu	Shanghai	冬至
	Shanghai (Chongming)	冬至
	Suzhou	冬至
	Danyang	冬至
	Hangzhou	冬至
	Ningbo	冬至
	Wenzhou	冬節
	Jinhua	冬至
Xiang	Changsha	冬至
Xiang	Loudi	冬至

Compounds

Derived terms from 冬

丁冬 (dīngdōng)
三冬 (sāndōng)
九冬
人工冬眠
仲冬
佳冬 (Jiādōng)
做冬
入冬 (rùdōng)
冬事
冬令 (dōnglìng)
冬初
冬夏 (dōngxià)
冬天 (dōngtiān)
冬季 (dōngjì)
冬季作物
冬寒
冬寒菜
冬心
冬日 (dōngrì)
冬月 (Dōngyuè)
冬水 (dōngshuǐ)
冬灌
冬烘 (dōnghōng)
冬烘先生
冬狩
冬瓜 (dōngguā)
冬眠 (dōngmián)
冬粉 (dōngfěn)
冬至 (dōngzhì)
冬菇 (dōnggū)

冬菜 (dōngcài)
冬藏
冬衣 (dōngyī)
冬防
初冬 (chūdōng)
孟冬
季冬 (Jìdōng)
寒冬 (hándōng)
忍冬 (rěndōng)
拜冬
暖冬 (nuǎndōng)
款冬
玄冬
盛冬
矮冬瓜 (ǎidōngguā)
秋收冬藏
立冬 (Lìdōng)
肥冬瘦年
茄冬
越冬作物 (yuèdōng zuòwù)
隆冬 (lóngdōng)
冬凌
三冬兩夏／三冬两夏
冒兒咕冬／冒儿咕冬
冬令進補／冬令进补
冬候鳥／冬候鸟
冬儲／冬储
冬大過年／冬大过年
冬季運動／冬季运动
冬小麥／冬小麦 (dōngxiǎomài)

冬扇夏爐／冬扇夏炉
冬日可愛／冬日可爱
冬暖夏涼／冬暖夏凉 (dōngnuǎnxiàliáng)
冬溫夏凊／冬温夏凊
冬筍／冬笋 (dōngsǔn)
冬節／冬节 (dōngjié)
冬蟄／冬蛰
冬蟲夏草／冬虫夏草 (dōngchóngxiàcǎo)
冬裝／冬装 (dōngzhuāng)
冬賑／冬赈
冬風／冬风
冬麥／冬麦 (dōngmài)
嚴冬／严冬 (yándōng)
夏鑪冬扇／夏𬬻冬扇
天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng)
寒冬臘月／寒冬腊月 (hándōnglàyuè)
幫冬／帮冬
撲冬冬／扑冬冬
撲通通冬／扑通通冬
殘冬／残冬 (cándōng)
殘冬臘月／残冬腊月
無冬無夏／无冬无夏
窮冬／穷冬
紅冬冬／红冬冬
臘盡冬殘／腊尽冬残
過冬／过冬 (guòdōng)
開冬／开冬
麥冬／麦冬 (màidōng)
麥門冬／麦门冬 (màiméndōng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 冬 – see 咚 (“ratatat; etc.”). (This character, 冬, is the simplified form of 鼕, which is in turn a variant form of 咚.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	冬
Kyūjitai [1]	冬 `冬` or 冬+`︀`^?
	冬󠄀 冬+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	冬󠄃 冬+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

冬

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 冬)

Readings

Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
Kun: ふゆ (fuyu, 冬, Jōyō)
Nanori: かず (kazu); とし (toshi); ふゆ (fuyu)

Compounds

冬瓜(かもうり) (kamouri)
忍冬(スイカズラ) (suikazura)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
冬
ふゆ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

⟨puyu⟩ → /ɸuju/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふゆ [fùyúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝ]
Audio (file)

Noun

冬(ふゆ) • (fuyu)

winter (season)
冬(ふゆ)の狂(きょう)風(ふう) ― Fuyu no Kyōfū ― The Winds of Winter
Synonyms: 冬季 (tōki), 冬期 (tōki)

Derived terms

冬(ふゆ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (fuyushōgun)
冬(ふゆ)休(やす)み (fuyuyasumi)
冬(ふゆ)山(やま) (fuyuyama)
冬(ふゆ)空(ぞら) (fuyuzora)
初(はつ)冬(ふゆ) (hatsufuyu)
真(ま)冬(ふゆ) (mafuyu)

Coordinate terms

Seasons in Japanese · 四(し)季(き) (shiki, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
春(はる) (haru, “spring”) 春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki, “spring”) 春(しゅん)期(き) (shunki, “spring period”)	夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) 夏(か)季(き) (kaki, “summer”) 夏(か)期(き) (kaki, “summer period”)	秋(あき) (aki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)季(き) (shūki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)期(き) (shūki, “fall period”)	冬(ふゆ) (fuyu, “winter”) 冬(とう)季(き) (tōki, “winter”) 冬(とう)期(き) (tōki, “winter period”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
冬
とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 冬 (MC tuoŋ).

Affix

冬(とう) • (tō)

winter

Derived terms

冬(トウ)瓜(ガン) (tōgan)
冬(とう)季(き) (tōki)
冬(とう)期(き) (tōki)
冬(とう)月(げつ) (tōgetsu)
冬(とう)至(じ) (tōji)
冬(とう)眠(みん) (tōmin)
越(えっ)冬(とう) (ettō)
季(き)冬(とう) (kitō)
旧(きゅう)冬(とう) (kyūtō)
厳(げん)冬(とう) (gentō)
初(しょ)冬(とう) (shotō)
晩(ばん)冬(とう) (bantō)
立(りっ)冬(とう) (rittō)

References

1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 264 (paper), page 182 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冬 (MC tuoŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 도ᇰ (twong) (Yale: twong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource冬 (eumhun 겨울 동 (gyeoul dong))

Hanja form^? of 동 (“winter”).

Compounds

동지 (冬至, dongji)
입동 (立冬, ipdong)
동면 (冬眠, dongmyeon)

References

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

Okinawan

Kanji

冬

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

On: とぅん (tun)
Kun: ふゆ (fuyu, 冬)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
冬
ふゆ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compare Japanese 冬 (fuyu, “winter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸuju]

Noun

冬 (hiragana ふゆ, rōmaji fuyu)

winter

References

“ふゆ【冬】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

Han character

冬: Hán Nôm readings: đông[1]

chữ Hán form of đông (“winter”).

Derived terms

冬至 (đông chí)
春夏秋冬 (xuân hạ thu đông)
立冬 (lập đông)

References

Trần (1999).

[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 264 (paper), page 182 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[Trần_(1999)-3] Trần (1999).