통

통

통 U+D1B5, 통 HANGUL SYLLABLE TONG Composition: ㅌ + ㅗ + ㅇ ← 톴 [U+D1B4] Hangul Syllables 톶 → [U+D1B6]

토톡톢톣톤톥톦 톧톨톩톪톫톬톭 톮톯톰톱톲톳톴 통톶톷톸톹톺톻
톄 ←	→ 톼

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 桶 (桶, “barrel, bucket”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [통]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tong
McCune–Reischauer?	t'ong
Yale Romanization?	thong

Noun

통 • (tong) (hanja 桶)

1. barrel, bucket, cask, pail, vat

   통을 물로 채웠다. ― tong-eul mul-lo chaewotda. ― [He] filled the vat with water.

2. Used in compounds to refer to body parts that resemble containers (being hollow, etc.), often with a colloquial nuance.

Derived terms

• 기름통(桶) (gireumtong, “oil drum”)
• 목욕통(沐浴桶) (mogyoktong, “bathtub”)
• 물통(桶) (multong, “water bucket”)
• 밥통(桶) (baptong, “boiled rice vessel”)
• 벌통(桶) (beoltong, “beehive”)
• 술통(桶) (sultong, “liquor barrel”)
• 쓰레기통(桶) (sseuregitong, “garbage can”)
• 연장통(桶) (yeonjangtong, “toolbox”)
• 목통(桶) (moktong, “wooden barrel”)
• 맘마통(桶) (mammatong, “large breasts”)

Etymology 2

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

통 (tong)

Extended content

通 (通): to pass through (eumhun reading: 통할 통 (tong-hal tong)) (MC reading: 通 (MC tʰuŋ)) 統 (統): to command (eumhun reading: 거느릴 통 (geoneuril tong)) (MC reading: 統 (MC tʰuoŋH)) 痛 (痛): to hurt (eumhun reading: 아플 통 (apeul tong)) (MC reading: 痛 (MC tʰuŋH)) 桶 (桶): bucket (eumhun reading: 통 통 (tong tong)) (MC reading: 桶 (MC tʰuŋX, duŋX)) 筒 (筒): bamboo barrel (eumhun reading: 대통 통 (daetong tong)) (MC reading: 筒 (MC duŋ, duŋH)) 慟 (慟): (MC reading: 慟 (MC duŋH)) 洞 (洞): (MC reading: 洞 (MC duŋ, duŋH)) 恫 (恫): (MC reading: 恫 (MC tʰuŋ, duŋH)) 樋 (樋): (MC reading: 樋) 筩 (筩): (MC reading: 筩 (MC duŋ))