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當
當
See also: 当
Translingual
Han character
當 (radical 102 田+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火月口田 (FBRW), four-corner 90606, composition ⿱⿱龸口田)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 764, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21890
- Dae Jaweon: page 1175, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2546, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7576
Chinese
| trad. | 當 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 当 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 當
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| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 當 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 襠 | *taːŋ |
| 鐺 | *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ |
| 簹 | *taːŋ |
| 璫 | *taːŋ |
| 檔 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 儅 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 蟷 | *taːŋ |
| 擋 | *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs |
| 黨 | *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 讜 | *taːŋʔ |
| 欓 | *taːŋʔ |
| 譡 | *taːŋs |
| 闣 | *taːŋs |
| 瓽 | *taːŋs |
| 鏜 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 闛 | *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ |
| 鼞 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 曭 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 儻 | *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs |
| 戃 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 矘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 爣 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 攩 | *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs |
| 淌 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 倘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 躺 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 趟 | *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs |
| 堂 | *daːŋ |
| 坣 | *daːŋ |
| 棠 | *daːŋ |
| 糛 | *daːŋ |
| 螳 | *daːŋ |
| 隚 | *daːŋ |
| 橖 | *daːŋ |
| 掌 | *tjaŋʔ |
| 廠 | *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 敞 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 僘 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 氅 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 常 | *djaŋ |
| 嘗 | *djaŋ |
| 裳 | *djaŋ |
| 徜 | *djaŋ |
| 尚 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 甞 | *djaŋ |
| 鋿 | *djaŋ |
| 嫦 | *djaŋ |
| 償 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 賞 | *hjaŋʔ |
| 瞠 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 撐 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 樘 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 橕 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 牚 | *rtʰaːŋs |
| 埫 | *tʰoŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taːŋ, *taːŋs) : phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 田 (“field”) – equal or matching fields.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dong1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tông
- Min Dong (BUC): dŏng
- Min Nan (POJ): tng / tang / tong
- Wu (Wiktionary): taan (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ
- Wade-Giles: tang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dang
- IPA (key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: dong1
- Yale: dōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dong1
- IPA (key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông
- Hakka Romanization System: dong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: dong1
- IPA: /toŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dŏng
- IPA (key): /touŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng / tang / tong
- Tâi-lô: tng / tang / tong
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngf, dafng, dofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴/, /taŋ⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³/, /taŋ³³/, /tɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁴⁴/, /taŋ⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁴⁴/, /taŋ⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴/, /taŋ⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- Note: tng/tang - vernacular; tong - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: taan (T1)
- IPA (key): /tɑ̃⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 當 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tɑŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /taŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /tɑŋ²¹/ ～時 | |
| Jinan | /taŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /taŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /taŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /taŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /tɔ̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /tɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /tɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /tɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /taŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /taŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /taŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /tã̠/ | |
| Nanjing | /taŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /tɑ̃²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao |
/tɑŋ¹³/ /tuə¹³/ |
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| Hohhot | /tɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /tɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /tɑ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /tɑŋ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /tuɔ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ta³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /tau¹¹/ 該～ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tan³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /tɔn⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tɔŋ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /toŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /toŋ²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tɔŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /tɔŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /tɔŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/tɔŋ⁵⁵/ /tŋ̍⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /touŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /tɔŋ⁵⁴/ 動 | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/taŋ³³/ /tɯŋ³³/ |
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| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/ʔdaŋ²³/ /ʔdo²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 當 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都郎切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/taŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/tɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/tɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dāng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 當 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dāng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tˤaŋ/ |
| English | match (v.); have the value of, rank with |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 當 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11104 |
| Phonetic component |
尚 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
當 |
| Old Chinese |
/*taːŋ/ |
Definitions
當
- to face; to turn towards
- to bear; to withstand; to resist
- †Alternative form of 擋／挡 (dǎng, “to block; to obstruct”).
- to match equally; to equal; to be equal to
- just; just at (a time or place); at or in the very same
- same; this
- when; during; at; on the spot
- †still; to be
- to undertake; to manage; to take charge of
- to work as; to serve as
- to regard something as; to think
- to hear and pass judgment on a case
- ought; should
- gap; space; break
- clang; clank; ding-dong
- A surname.
Synonyms
Descendants
- Vietnamese: đang (“present tense marker”)
Compounds
Derived terms from 當
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dong3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tong
- Min Dong (BUC): dáung
- Min Nan (POJ): tǹg / tàng / tòng
- Wu (Wiktionary): taan (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˋ
- Wade-Giles: tang4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danq
- IPA (key): /tɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: dong3
- Yale: dong
- Cantonese Pinyin: dong3
- IPA (key): /tɔːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tong
- Hakka Romanization System: dong
- Hagfa Pinyim: dong4
- IPA: /toŋ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dáung
- IPA (key): /tɔuŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǹg / tàng / tòng
- Tâi-lô: tǹg / tàng / tòng
- Phofsit Daibuun: dngx, daxng, doxng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²¹/, /taŋ²¹/, /tɔŋ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁴¹/, /taŋ⁴¹/, /tɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍²¹/, /taŋ²¹/, /tɔŋ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍¹¹/, /taŋ¹¹/, /tɔŋ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²¹/, /taŋ²¹/, /tɔŋ²¹/
- Note: tǹg/tàng - vernacular; tòng - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: taan (T2)
- IPA (key): /tɑ̃³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 當 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | ||
| Tianjin | /tɑŋ⁵³/ 上～ | |
| Jinan | ||
| Qingdao | ||
| Zhengzhou | ||
| Xi'an | ||
| Xining | ||
| Yinchuan | ||
| Lanzhou | ||
| Ürümqi | ||
| Wuhan | ||
| Chengdu | ||
| Guiyang | ||
| Kunming | ||
| Nanjing | ||
| Hefei | ||
| Jin | Taiyuan | |
| Pingyao | ||
| Hohhot | ||
| Wu | Shanghai | |
| Suzhou | ||
| Hangzhou | ||
| Wenzhou | ||
| Hui | Shexian | |
| Tunxi | /tau⁴²/ ～鋪 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | |
| Xiangtan | ||
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | |
| Nanning | ||
| Hong Kong | ||
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | ||
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /tɔŋ³³/ 上～ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | ||
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 當 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 丁浪切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tɑŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tɑŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tɑŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/taŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/tɑŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/tɑŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tɑŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dàng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 當 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dàng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tangH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tˤaŋ-s/ |
| English | suitable |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 當 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11122 |
| Phonetic component |
尚 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
譡 |
| Old Chinese |
/*taːŋs/ |
Definitions
當
- to match; to be equal to
- proper; suitable; adequate; fitting; appropriate
- the same (day etc.)
- to be in charge; to manage
- to regard as; to consider as
- to replace; to substitute
- to pawn; to put in pawn
- pawnshop
- trick; fraud; deception
Compounds
Derived terms from 當
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Japanese
Kanji
當
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 当)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
當 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune-Reischauer tang, Yale tang)
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