# 仝

| 仝 | U+4EDD, &#20189; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDD |
| ← 仜 [U+4EDC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 仞 → [U+4EDE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

仝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人一 (OM) or 難人一 (XOM), four-corner 8010$_1$, composition ⿱人工)

#### Derived characters

* 𱎨, 𢘐, 𭩫, 𤱝, 砼, 𰽪, 𮎥, 𢀰, 𬾮, 𪝓, 𠳥, 𥳸, 𥳹

#### Descendants

* 々

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 93, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 378
* Dae Jaweon: page 196, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 111, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4EDD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 仝
* Small seal scripts03781
* 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).
| | Old Chinese |
| 鮦 | *duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ |
| 侗 | *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 恫 | *tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 痌 | *tʰoːŋ |
| 同 | *doːŋ |
| 仝 | *zlon, *doːŋ |
| 銅 | *doːŋ |
| 桐 | *doːŋ |
| 峒 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 硐 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ |
| 筒 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 洞 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 烔 | *doːŋ |
| 挏 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ |
| 酮 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ |
| 鲖 |
| 眮 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs |
| 衕 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 哃 | *doːŋ |
| 絧 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 姛 | *doːŋʔ |
| 詷 | *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs |
| 胴 | *doːŋs |
| 駧 | *doːŋs |
| 迵 | *doːŋs |
| 戙 | *doːŋs |
人 + 工.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóng (tong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kāng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$
*** Yale: túng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
*** Palladius: тун (tun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$
*** Yale: tùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāng
*** Tâi-lô: kāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: duwng
Rime :
| Character | 仝 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒紅切 |
| Baxter | duwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /duŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /duŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /duŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 仝 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12447 |
| Phonetic component | 同 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 同 |
| Old Chinese | /*doːŋ/ |
| Notes | 古文同，出道書，說文同全 |

#### Definitions

仝
* Alternative form of 同 (tóng)
* a surname

### Etymology 2

From 共.

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kāng / kâng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāng
*** Tâi-lô: kāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kang
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâng
*** Tâi-lô: kâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ²⁴/

#### Definitions

仝
* (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) same

##### Synonyms

* 𫝛 (siāng)
* (Mandarin) 同 (tóng)

#### Compounds

* 仝款 (kāng-khoán)
* 無仝 / 无仝 (bô-kāng)
* 相仝 (sio-kāng)

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 仝 – see 童 (“child; young servant; servant boy; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 童).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “Entry #1315”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
* “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* same

#### Readings

* Go-on: ずう (zū)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)
* Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)
* Kun: おなじ (onaji, 仝じ)

#### Usage notes

This kanji is a zokuji (俗字), a variant that is widespread but not orthodox. It is non-standard for 同.

#### Descendants

* 々

## Korean
### Hanja

仝 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

仝: Hán Việt readings: đồng
仝: Nôm readings: đồng, giồng
* chữ Hán form of đồng (“same, united (alt form of 同)”).
* chữ Hán form of Đồng (“a surname”).
* Nôm form of giồng (“plant, sow, cultivate”).

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).