# 董

| 董 | U+8463, &#33891; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8463 |
| ← 葢 [U+8462] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 葤 → [U+8464] |

## Translingual
### Han character

董 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十土 (THJG), four-corner 4410$_4$, composition ⿱艹重)

#### Derived characters

* 𡀇, 嬞, 𫷐, 懂, 𫾍, 𣿅, 㯵, 𦡂, 𥋾, 𥣑, 𨆟, 𧄓, 𥪿

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31433
* Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3250, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8463

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 董
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* Transcribed ancient scripts
| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *toːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǒng (dong$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): dung$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): túng
    (Hailu, HRS): dung$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): dung$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dūng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dang$^3$ / dorng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): táng / tóng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dang$^2$ / dong$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$ton / $^3$ton
** (Jinhua): $^3$ton
* Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): deng$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǒng
*** Wade–Giles: tung$^3$
*** Yale: dǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doong
*** Palladius: дун (dun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^2$
*** Yale: dúng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: dung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tuŋ²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: túng
*** Hakka Romanization System: dung$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuŋ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: dung$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: dung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʊŋ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dūng
*** Sinological IPA : /tuŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒŋ³³²/
* dang3 - vernacular (incl. surname of most Putian people);
* dorng3 - literary (incl. surname of Xianyou people and some Putian people).
* Middle Chinese: tuwngX
Rime :
| Character | 董 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 多動切 |
| Baxter | tuwngX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /təwŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tuŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tuŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tuŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dung$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 董 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17432 |
| Phonetic component | 重 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 董 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

董
* to direct; to supervise
* director; supervisor
* a surname
    董卓 ― Dǒng Zhuó ― Dong Zhuo

#### Descendants

* → English: Dong, Tung, Tang

### Compounds

* 丁董
* 不知丁董
* 古董 (gǔdǒng)
* 古董商
* 紳董 / 绅董
* 老古董 (lǎogǔdǒng)
* 董事 (dǒngshì)
* 董事會 / 董事会 (dǒngshìhuì)
* 董事長 / 董事长 (dǒngshìzhǎng)
* 董家剅 (Dǒngjiālóu)
* 董市 (Dǒngshì)
* 董正
* 董氏封髮 / 董氏封发
* 董河 (Dǒnghé)
* 董狐筆 / 董狐笔
* 董生下帷
* 董監事 / 董监事
* 董西廂 / 董西厢
* 蒙董,懵董
* 骨董 (gǔdǒng)
* 骨董行
* 黑臉董嘴 / 黑脸董嘴

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とう (tō)
* Kun: ただす (tadasu, 董す)
* Nanori: ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、ただす (tadasu)、のぶ (nobu)、まさ (masa)

## Korean
### Hanja

董 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong, Yale tong)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

董: Hán Nôm readings: đổng, đỏng, đúng, đủng, đũng, xổng, dỏng, rỗng
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