# 唐

| 唐 | U+5510, &#21776; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5510 |
| ← 唏 [U+550F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 唑 → [U+5511] |
| 唐 | U+2F842, &#194626; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F842 |
| ← 哶 [U+2F841] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 啓 → [U+2F843] |

## Translingual
### Han character

唐 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈中口 (ILR), four-corner 0026$_7$, composition ⿸广⿱肀口)

#### Derived characters

* 傏 塘 㜍 搪 嵣 溏 䧜 瑭 榶 膅 煻 禟 磄 䅯 瞊 螗 糖 䌅 赯 醣 鎕 餹
* 鄌 㲥 㼺 鶶 蓎 篖

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3709
* Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 633, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5510
* Unihan data for U+2F842

## Bailang
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mraŋ. Compare Burmese မြင် (mrang, “to see”).

### Verb

唐 (*lˤɑŋ)
* to see

### References

* Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎, volume 103, pages 386—429

## Chinese

* 唐 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 唐 (Cantonese)
* 唐 (Classical)
* 唐 (Gan)
* Thòng-chhèu (Hakka)
* Dòng-dièu (Eastern Min)
* Tông (Southern Min)
* 唐 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 唐
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 唐 | *ɡl'aːŋ |
| 煻 | *l'aːŋ |
| 糖 | *l'aːŋ |
| 搪 | *l'aːŋ |
| 蓎 | *l'aːŋ |
| 瑭 | *l'aːŋ |
| 餹 | *l'aːŋ |
| 篖 | *l'aːŋ |
| 螗 | *l'aːŋ |
| 塘 | *l'aːŋ |
| 鶶 | *l'aːŋ |
| 赯 | *l'aːŋ |
| 磄 | *l'aːŋ |
| 溏 | *l'aːŋ |
| 傏 | *l'aːŋ |
| 鎕 | *l'aːŋ |
| 榶 | *l'aːŋ |
| 嵣 | *l'aːŋʔ, *l'aːŋs |
| 庚 | *kraːŋ |
| 賡 | *kraːŋ |
| 鹒 | *kraːŋ |
| 康 | *kʰlaːŋ |
| 穅 | *kʰlaːŋ |
| 糠 | *kʰlaːŋ |
| 槺 | *kʰlaːŋ |
| 漮 | *kʰlaːŋ |
| 躿 | *kʰlaːŋ |
| 慷 | *kʰlaːŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡl'aːŋ): phonetic 庚 (OC *kraːŋ) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – to exaggerate, to boast. 唐 and 庚 were near-homophones in Old Chinese. The phonetic component on top 庚 today appears slightly contracted (the bottom part 人 is missing).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): táng (tang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tang$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tong$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tong$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thòng
    (Hailu, HRS): tong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tong$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ton$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dung$^2$ / dng$^2$ / dorng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g / tông / thâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^5$ / tang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$daon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻang$^2$
*** Yale: táng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng
*** Palladius: тан (tan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tang
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tong$^4$
*** Yale: tòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔŋ²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: tong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tong
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ton$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng
*** Sinological IPA : /touŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dung$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dńg
*** Sinological IPA : /tuŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tŋ̍¹³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dó̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒŋ¹³/
* dung2/dng2 - vernacular (less commonly used in surname);
* dorng2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dang
Rime :
| Character | 唐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒郎切 |
| Baxter | dang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | táng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ˤaŋ/, /*[N-]rˤaŋ/, /*[N].rˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡl'aːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 唐 | 唐 | 唐 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tāng | táng | táng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thang › | ‹ dang › | ‹ dang › |
| Old Chinese | /*r̥ˁaŋ/ | /*[N-]rˁaŋ/ | /*[N].rˁaŋ/ |
| English | name of first Shang ruler | exaggerate; great | 棠棣 cherry tree |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 唐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3959 |
| Phonetic component | 庚 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 唐 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡl'aːŋ/ |

### Etymology 1

Either related to 途 (OC *l'aː) (Wang, 1982) or from Austroasiatic, compare Proto-Austroasiatic *glɔːŋ, whence Mon ဂၠံၚ်, Kensiu gəlɔŋ, Kuy khlù:aŋ (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Definitions

唐
* Used in 荒唐 (huāngtáng).; to exaggerate; to boast
* (literary) exaggerative; boastful
* (obsolete) vast; wide; extensive
* (obsolete) road inside temple
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zhōngtáng yǒu pì, qióng yǒu zhǐ yì. [Pinyin]
    The middle path of the temple is covered with its tiles; on the height is the beautiful medallion plant.
* (literary) in vain; to no avail
* 50th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "vastness, emptiness, pointlessness" (𝌷)
* (～朝) Tang Dynasty (618–907)
    唐詩／唐诗 ― tángshī ― Tang poetry
* Later Tang (923–937), the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
    Synonym: 後唐 / 后唐 (Hòutáng)
* Southern Tang (937–976), a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
    Synonym: 南唐 (Nántáng)
* Tang, a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty established by Emperor Yao
    Synonym: 陶唐
* (figurative) China
    唐人 ― tángrén ― Chinese person
* (obsolete) (alt. form 蓎) dodder (Cuscuta chinensis)
* (～縣) Tang county (a county of Baoding, Hebei, China)
* a surname
    唐君毅 ― Táng Jūnyì ― Tang Chun-i (20th-century Chinese philosopher)

##### See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history :
| Name | Time period | Divisions | Divisions |
| Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代) | 2070 – 1600 BCE | | |
| Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代) | 1600 – 1046 BCE | | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Western Zhou 西周 | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Spring and Autumn period 春秋 |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Warring States period 戰國 / 战国 |
| Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代) | 221 – 206 BCE | | |
| Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代) | 206 BCE – 220 C.E. | Western Han 西漢 / 西汉 | Western Han 西漢 / 西汉 |
| Xin 新 (～朝) ||
| Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉 ||
| Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国 | 220 – 280 C.E. | Wei 魏 | Wei 魏 |
| Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉 ||
| Wu 吳 / 吴 ||
| Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代) | 265 – 420 C.E. | Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋 | Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋 |
| Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋 ||
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Wei 北魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Western Wei 西魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Zhou 北周 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代) |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代) |
| Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代) | 581 – 618 C.E. | | |
| Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代) | 618 – 907 C.E. | | |
| Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国 | 907 – 960 C.E. | | |
| Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代) | 907 – 1125 C.E. | | |
| Song 宋 (～朝, ～代) | 960 – 1279 C.E. | Northern Song 北宋 | Northern Song 北宋 |
| Southern Song 南宋 ||
| Western Xia 西夏 | 1038 – 1227 C.E. | | |
| Jin 金 (～朝, ～代) | 1115 – 1234 C.E. | | |
| Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽 | 1124 – 1218 C.E. | | |
| Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代) | 1271 – 1368 C.E. | | |
| Ming 明 (～朝, ～代) | 1368 – 1644 C.E. | | |
| Qing 清 (～朝, ～代) | 1636 – 1912 C.E. | | |

#### Compounds

* 中唐 (zhōngtáng)
* 二返投唐
* 全唐文
* 全唐詩 / 全唐诗
* 初唐 (Chūtáng)
* 初唐四傑 / 初唐四杰
* 劉唐下書 / 刘唐下书
* 半唐番 (bàntángfān, “half-Chinese person”)
* 南唐 (Nántáng)
* 唐三彩 (tángsāncǎi)
* 唐三絕 / 唐三绝
* 唐三藏 (Tángsānzàng)
* 唐人 (tángrén)
* 唐人街 (tángrénjiē, “Chinatown”)
* 唐努山
* 唐古喇山
* 唐古拉 (Tánggǔlā)
* 唐哉皇哉
* 唐堯 / 唐尧
* 唐塞
* 唐太宗
* 唐夷
* 唐家墩 (Tángjiādūn)
* 唐山 (Tángshān)
* 唐巷 (Tángxiàng)
* 唐巾
* 唐店 (Tángdiàn)
* 唐捐 (tángjuān)
* 唐明皇 (Tángmínghuáng)
* 唐晡囝
* 唐會要 / 唐会要
* 唐朝 (Tángcháo)
* 唐村 (Tángcūn)
* 唐樂 / 唐乐 (tángyuè)
* 唐氏症 (Tángshìzhèng)
* 唐沖 / 唐冲 (Tángchōng)
* 唐猊 (tángní)
* 唐猊鎧甲 / 唐猊铠甲 (tángní kǎijiǎ)
* 唐玄宗
* 唐突 (tángtū)
* 唐突西施
* 唐縣 / 唐县 (Tángxiàn)
* 唐老鴨 / 唐老鸭 (Tánglǎoyā)
* 唐臨晉帖 / 唐临晋帖
* 唐花 (tánghuā)
* 唐莊 / 唐庄 (Tángzhuāng)
* 唐菖蒲 (tángchāngpú)
* 唐虞 (Táng-Yú)
* 唐裝 / 唐装 (tángzhuāng)
* 唐話 / 唐话 (tánghuà)
* 唐詩 / 唐诗 (Tángshī)
* 唐韻 / 唐韵
* 唐餐 (tángcān)
* 唐高祖
* 四唐
* 大唐之歌
* 後唐 / 后唐 (Hòutáng)
* 撲唐唐 / 扑唐唐
* 放肆荒唐
* 新唐書 / 新唐书 (Xīntángshū)
* 晚唐 (Wǎntáng)
* 李唐 (Lǐtáng)
* 求馬唐肆 / 求马唐肆
* 盛唐 (Shèngtáng)
* 舊唐書 / 旧唐书 (Jiùtángshū)
* 苟且唐塞
* 荒唐 (huāngtáng)
* 荒唐不經 / 荒唐不经
* 荒唐之言
* 荒唐無稽 / 荒唐无稽
* 行唐 (xíngtáng)
* 遣唐使 (qiǎntángshǐ)
* 陶唐
* 陶唐氏
* 雲雨高唐 / 云雨高唐
* 頹唐 / 颓唐 (tuítáng)
* 馬唐 / 马唐 (mǎtáng)
* 馮唐易老 / 冯唐易老
* 高唐 (gāotáng)

#### Descendants

* → English: Tang, T'ang, Tong, Tng
* → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *daːŋᴬ² (“road; way”)
** Northern Thai: ᨴᩤ᩠ᨦ
** Khün: ᨴᩤ᩠ᨦ
** Lao: ທາງ (thāng)
** Lü: ᦑᦱᧂ (taang)
** Tai Dam: ꪕꪱꪉ
** Shan: တၢင်း (táang)
** Tai Nüa: ᥖᥣᥒᥰ (täang)
** Ahom: 𑜄𑜂𑜫 (taṅ)
** Thai: ทาง (taang, “road; way”)
* → Thai: ถัง (tǎng, “Tang (dynasty)”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English.

#### Definitions

唐
* Used in transcription.
    唐納德／唐纳德 ― Tángnàdé ― Donald
** A transliteration of the English surname Down
** (～郡) Down (a county of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
** (Internet slang, derogatory, figurative) Short for 唐氏綜合症／唐氏综合症 (Tángshì zōnghézhèng). To behave in a way that is stereotypically associated with Down syndrome.
    唐完了 ― Táng Wánle ― to behave like a moron all the way

#### Compounds

* 唐寧街 / 唐宁街 (Tángníng Jiē)
* 唐氏兒 / 唐氏儿 (tángshì'ér)
* 唐氏症 (Tángshìzhèng)
* 唐氏綜合症 / 唐氏综合症 (Tángshì zōnghézhèng)
* 唐納德 / 唐纳德 (Tángnàdé)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00583

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 唐 |
| Kyūjitai | 唐󠄁 唐+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 唐󠄃 唐+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* Tang dynasty
* China, Chinese, Sino-
* foreign
* baseless, bogus
* abrupt, sudden

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: どう (dō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Tō-on: たん (tan)
* Kun: から (kara, 唐, Jōyō)、もろこし (morokoshi, 唐)
* Nanori: かろ (karo)

#### Compounds

* 唐(とう)朝(ちょう) (Tōchō, “the Tang Dynasty”)
* 唐(とう)突(とつ) (tōtotsu)
* 荒(こう)唐(とう) (kōtō)
* 唐棣花(ハネズ) (hanezu)
* 唐土(もろこし) (Morokoshi)
* 唐黍(モロコシ) (morokoshi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 唐
* とう Grade: S
* on'yomi
/tau/ → /tɔː/ → /toː/
From Middle Chinese 唐 (MC dang).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [to̞ː]

#### Noun

唐(とう) • (tō)
* foreign lands in general

##### Derived terms

* 唐(トウ)辛(ガラ)子(シ) (tō-garashi, “red pepper”)
* 唐人(とうじん) (tōjin, “Chinese person; foreigner; barbarian”)
* 唐(とう)縮緬(ちりめん) (tō-chirimen, “muslin”)
* 唐紅(とうべに) (tōbeni, “fuchsine”)
* 玉蜀黍(トウモロコシ) (tōmorokoshi, “corn, maize”)
* 毛(け)唐(とう) (ketō, “foreigner, Westerner”)

##### Idioms

* 唐(とう)へ投(な)げ銀(がね) (tō e nage-gane)

#### Proper noun

唐(とう) • (Tō)
* (historical) name of various Chinese dynasties:
** the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE)
** the 後唐 (Kōtō, “Later Tang”) (923–937 CE)
** the 南唐 (Nantō, “Southern Tang”) (937–976 CE)
* (dated) China in general

##### Derived terms

* 唐(とう)音(おん) (Tō-on, “Tang reading of a kanji character”)
* 唐(とう)詩(し) (Tō-shi, “Tang poetry”)
* 唐(とう)人(じん) (Tō-jin, “a Chinese person; a foreigner from China”)
* 入唐(にっとう) (nittō, “visit to Tang Dynasty China”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 唐
* から Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From 伽羅, a proper name from the ancient Korean Peninsula.
Originally meant "China" during the Tang dynasty and "elements imported from China", then later expanded to mean "foreign lands in general" and "elements imported from foreign lands".

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) から [káꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ka̠ɾa̠]

#### Prefix

唐(から) • (kara-)
* element in compounds, referring to things imported from China or from other foreign lands
    漢詩(からうた)、唐(から)歌(うた)、唐(から)揚(あ)げ、漢音(からごえ)
       karauta, karauta, karaage, karagoe
       Chinese-style poetry (as opposed to formal waka Japanese-style poetry), Chinese-style poetry, deep-fried chicken or fish (a style introduced by Europeans in the 1600s), "Chinese voice" → the kan'on or Chinese-derived reading for a character

##### Derived terms

* 唐(から)揚(あ)げ (karāge, “deep-fried chicken nuggets”)
* 唐歌(からうた) (karauta)
* 唐(から)木(き) (karaki, “exotic wood”)
* 唐(から)紅(くれない) (kara-kurenai, “Chinese red”)
* 唐(から)獅子(じし), 唐(から)獅子(じし) (kara-jishi): an artistic portrayal of a lion
* 唐(から)手(て) (karate, “karate”)
* 唐梨(カラナシ) (karanashi)
* 唐様(からよう) (karayō, “Chinese-style design”)

#### Noun

唐(から) • (kara)
* foreign lands in general
* Short for 唐織り (karaori): silk fabrics imported from China; an exquisitely-embroidered woman's kimono; a costume made in the karaori style used in Noh theater

#### Proper noun

唐(から) • (Kara)
* (formal, dated) the name of China during the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE).

##### Derived terms

* 唐(から)人(ひと) (Kara hito), 唐(から)人(びと) (Kara-bito, “a Chinese or Korean person; a foreigner from China or Korea”)

##### See also

* 漢(から) (Kara, usually "China in the Han dynasty")
* 韓(から) (Kara, usually "Korea")
* 加羅(から), 伽羅(から), 迦羅(から) (Kara, “the Gaya confederacy”, original derivation)
* 呉(くれ) (Kure, “China during the Wu dynasty”)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 唐
* もろこし Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 唐 – see the following entry. :
| 【もろこし】 | [proper noun] (archaic) China [noun] (archaic) any objects imported from China Alternative spelling 唐土 |
(This term, 唐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 454 (paper), page 277 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 299 (paper), page 161 (digital)
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

唐 (eumhun 당나라 당 (dangnara dang))
* hanja form of 당 (“Tang dynasty”)
* hanja form of 당 (“Chinese”)

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とー (tō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 唐
* とー Grade: S
* on'yomi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toː/

### Proper noun

唐(とー) (Tō)
* China

#### Derived terms

* 唐(とー)船(しん) (Tōshin)
* 唐(とー)手(でぃー) (Tōdī)
* 唐(とー)口(ぐち) (Tōguchi)
* 唐(とー)ぬ口(くち) (Tōnukuchi)
* 唐(とー)ぬ人(ちゅ) (Tōnuchu)
* 唐(とー)ぬっ人(ちゅー)墓(ばか) (Tōnutchūbaka)

### References

* “とー【唐】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

唐: Hán Nôm readings: Đường, đường, đằng, đàng, giềng
* Tang dynasty
* Chinese