僮

僮 U+50EE, 僮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50EE
← 僭
[U+50ED] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僯 →
[U+50EF]

Translingual

Han character

僮 (radical 9 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿土 (OYTG), four-corner 20214, composition ⿰亻童)

References

  • KangXi: page 117, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 221, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+50EE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 僮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僮
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script
Small seal script

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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 (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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僮
Reading # 1/1
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僮
Reading # 1/1
No. 17440
Phonetic
component		 重
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 同
Old
Chinese		 /*doːŋ/

Definitions

僮

  1. † boy
  2. † servant
  3. (historical) page; boy servant
  4. † ignorant
  5. † Alternative form of 動／动 (dòng).
  6. A surname​.

Compounds

  • 僕僮成群／仆僮成群
  • 僮僕／僮仆
  • 僮僮
  • 僮婢
  • 僮御
  • 僮手指千
  • 家僮 (jiātóng)
  • 書僮／书僮
  • 球僮
  • 車僮／车僮

Etymology 2

See 壯.

Pronunciation

Definitions

僮

  1. (obsolete) (～族) Alternative name for 壯／壮 (zhuàng, “Zhuang (people)”).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 僮 – see 蹱 (“to stagger along; to fall”).
(This character, 僮, is the simplified form of 蹱.)
Notes:

References

Japanese

Kanji

僮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

僮 (đồng)

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