董

董

董 U+8463, 董 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8463 ← 葢 [U+8462] CJK Unified Ideographs 葤 → [U+8464]

Translingual

Han character

董 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十土 (THJG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹重)

Derived characters

• 𡀇 嬞 懂 𣿅 㯵 𦡦 𥣑 𨆟

References

• KangXi: page 1045, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31433
• Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3250, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8463

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Chinese

trad.		董
simp. #		董
2nd round simp.		苳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 董
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *toːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒng (dong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): túng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dung³

• Min Dong (BUC): dūng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): táng / tóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang² / dong²

• Wu (Wiktionary): ton (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒng
    • Wade–Giles: tung³
    • Yale: dǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doong
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung²
    • Yale: dúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: túng
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung³
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dung³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʊŋ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táng / tóng
    • Tâi-lô: táng / tóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darng, dorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁵³/, /tɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /tɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁵³/, /tɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁵³/, /tɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴¹/, /tɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• táng - vernacular (incl. surname);
• tóng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang² / dong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táng / tóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵²/, /toŋ⁵²/

Note:

• dang2 - vernacular (incl. surname);
• dong2 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ton (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /tuŋ^X/

Rime
Character	董
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	多動切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋX/
Li Rong	/tuŋX/
Wang Li	/tuŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	董
Reading #	1/1
No.	17432
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	董
Old Chinese	/*toːŋʔ/

Definitions

董

1. to direct; to supervise
2. director; supervisor
3. a surname

   董卓  ―  Dǒng Zhuó  ―  Dong Zhuo

Descendants

• → English: Dong, Tung, Tang

Compounds

丁董 不知丁董 古董 (gǔdǒng) 古董商 老古董 (lǎogǔdǒng) 董事 (dǒngshì) 董家剅 (Dǒngjiālóu) 董市 (Dǒngshì)

董正 董河 (Dǒnghé) 董生下帷 蒙董,懵董 骨董 骨董行 紳董／绅董

董事會／董事会 (dǒngshìhuì) 董事長／董事长 (dǒngshìzhǎng) 董氏封髮／董氏封发 董狐筆／董狐笔 董監事／董监事 董西廂／董西厢 黑臉董嘴／黑脸董嘴

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Japanese

Kanji

董

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)
• Kun: ただす (tadasu, 董す)
• Nanori: ただ (tada); ただし (tadashi); ただす (tadasu); のぶ (nobu); まさ (masa)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

董: Hán Nôm readings: đổng, đỏng, đúng, đủng, đũng, xổng, dỏng, rỗng

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