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U+6C8C, 沌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C8C

[U+6C8B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6C8D]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 85, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心山 (EPU), four-corner 35117, composition )

Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17193
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1561, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6C8C

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms ancient

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *duːn, *tun).

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3
Initial () (7)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter dwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duənX/
Pan
Wuyun
/duonX/
Shao
Rongfen
/duənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dwənX/
Li
Rong
/duənX/
Wang
Li
/duənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
deon6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/3
No. 12558
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*duːnʔ/

Definitions

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  1. benighted; ignorant
  2. disorderly; chaotic

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character
Reading # 3/3
Initial () (11)
Final () (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter drjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖwianX/
Li
Rong
/ȡjuɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭwɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3
No. 12539
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*donʔ/

Definitions

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  1. () Zhuan River (a river in Hubei)
  2. Used in 沌口 (“name of an ancient county”).

Pronunciation 3

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3
Initial () (7)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter dwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duən/
Pan
Wuyun
/duon/
Shao
Rongfen
/duən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dwən/
Li
Rong
/duən/
Wang
Li
/duən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
teon4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3
No. 12552
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*duːn/

Definitions

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  1. (of waves) billowing

Compounds

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References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 57.

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. primeval chaos

Readings

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  • Go-on: どん (don)
  • Kan-on: とん (ton)
  • Kun: ふさがる (fusagaru, 沌がる)くらい (kurai, 沌い)おろか (oroka, 沌か)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC dwonX). Recorded as Middle Korean 돈〯 (twǒn) (Yale: twon) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 엉길 (eonggil don))

  1. hanja form? of (disorderly; chaotic)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: xộn

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