# 衕

| 衕 | U+8855, &#34901; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8855 |
| ← 衔 [U+8854] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 衖 → [U+8856] |

## Translingual
### Han character

衕 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人月口弓 (HOBRN), four-corner 2122$_1$, composition ⿴行同 or ⿲彳同亍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34048
* Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 832, character 13
* Unihan data for U+8855

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋ, *doːŋs): semantic 行 + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tòng (tong$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tòng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tòng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^4$
*** Yale: tùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonq
*** Palladius: тун (tun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
* 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: tòng
*** Tâi-lô: tòng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doxng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: duwng, duwngH
Rime :
| Character | 衕 | 衕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 徒紅切 | 徒弄切 |
| Baxter | duwng | duwngH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duŋ/ | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duŋ/ | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /duŋ/ | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəwŋ/ | /dəwŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /duŋ/ | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /duŋ/ | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuŋ/ | /dʱuŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tóng | dòng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tung$^4$ | dung$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/, /*doːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 衕 | 衕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12460 | 12478 |
| Phonetic component | 同 | 同 |
| Rime group | 東 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 同 | 洞 |
| Old Chinese | /*doːŋ/ | /*doːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

衕
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) passageway; lane; alley

#### Compounds

* 死衚衕 / 死胡同 (sǐhútòng)
* 花衚衕 / 花胡同
* 血衚衕 / 血胡同
* 衚衕 / 胡同 (hútòng)
* 衚衕兒 / 胡同儿 (hútòngr)
* 錦衚衕 / 锦胡同

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dòng (dong$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dòng
*** Wade–Giles: tung$^4$
*** Yale: dùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
*** Palladius: дун (dun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^6$
*** Yale: duhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ²²/
* Middle Chinese: duwngH
Rime :
| Character | 衕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒弄切 |
| Baxter | duwngH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəwŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /duŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dòng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dung$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 衕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12478 |
| Phonetic component | 同 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 洞 |
| Old Chinese | /*doːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

衕
* (traditional Chinese medicine) diarrhoea

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* alley
* lane

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とう (tō)、ず (zu)
* Kun: ちまた (chimata)

## Korean
### Hanja

衕 • (dong, tong) (hangeul 동, 통, revised dong, tong, McCune–Reischauer tong, t'ong, Yale tong, thong)
* street
* avenue

## Vietnamese
### Han character

衕: Hán Nôm readings: đồng
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