曈

曈 · tóng

twilight just before sunrise

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tóng
Cantonese
tung4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

twilight just before sunrise

Dictionary definitions & readings

曈 tóng · sun about to rise

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21537.080:tóng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1151.030:tóng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
370.100:tóng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
tóng粵tung4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
トウ ツ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
동:N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒紅 他紅 他孔 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
AYTG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6001.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0500.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
023.32 031.34 236.20 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+66C8
Radical
日 · 72
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7861

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
duwng · 徒紅 · 通開一平東定 · #2
Middle Chinese
thuwng · 他紅 · 通開一平東透 · #29
Middle Chinese
thuwngX · 他孔 · 通開一上東透 · #1161

PHONO-ML, source line 37; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
647.505
kDaeJaweon
0870.110
kHanYu
21537.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
0870.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21537.080
kIRGKangXi
0500.160
kKangXi
0500.160
kMatthews
6628
kMeyerWempe
3616a
kMorohashi
14175 14175:E0101
kSBGY
023.32 031.34 236.20
kSMSZD2003Index
296.02
kCangjie
AYTG
kFourCornerCode
6001.4
kMojiJoho
MJ013425 MJ013425:E0101 MJ057680:E0102
kPhonetic
1406
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-4831
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E9B3
kIRG_JSource
J13-7548
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-49E1
kIRG_KSource
K2-3936
kIRG_TSource
T2-573E
kRSUnicode
72.12
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
E9B3
kCCCII
22394E
kCNS1986
2-573E
kCNS1992
2-573E
kEACC
22394E
kGB3
4017
kJIS0213
1,85,40
kJis1
3466
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7861
kTaiwanTelegraph
2559
kXerox
311:171
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14611+72.4.12
kCantonese
tung4
kDefinition
twilight just before sunrise
kFanqie
徒紅 他紅 他孔
kHangul
동:N
kHanyuPinyin
21537.080:tóng
kJapanese
トウ ツ
kJapaneseKun
HONOGURAI
kJapaneseOn
TOU TSU
kMandarin
tóng
kSMSZD2003Readings
tóng粵tung4
kTGHZ2013
370.100:tóng
kXHC1983
1151.030:tóng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 曈0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
日 beside 童 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰日童$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰日童$(GHTJKP)

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