冬 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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See also: 鼕

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冬 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹水卜 (HEY), four-corner 2730₃, composition ⿱夂⺀ (GTJV) or ⿱夂冫 (K))

• 佟 咚 㚵 峂 㠽 㤏 𢫝 泈 㹣 㣠 𨒟 𣁲 昸 柊 炵 䂢 終(终) 𨀐 鉖 𩢦 鮗 鴤 鼨
• 䧷 䳉 䶱 㐑 螽 苳 㫡 笗 𩂓 㲇 鼕 氡 庝 疼 图 𥮴

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 131, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1610
• Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 19
• Unihan data for U+51AC

• Unihan data for U+2F81A

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tuːŋ): phonetic 夂 (zhǐ, “end”) + semantic 日 (“day”) or 仌 (“ice”).

Bronze script and Chu slip script

Composed of the early form of 終 (“end”, as well phonetic), here represented by Shuowen ancient script , + 日 (“day”). In bronze script, 日 () was inside . In Chu slip script, 日 () was below ().

Seal script, Qin clerical script and after

Composed of (“end”, as well phonetic) + 仌 (“ice”).

simp. and trad.	冬
alternative forms	昸 㫡 𠔙 𣆼 𠘀 昸 㫡 𠔙 𣆼 𠘀 𣅈 𠘗

Possibly related to 終 (OC *tjuŋ, “to end”) (Wang, 1982, Sagart, 2023b). Sagart (ibid.) also proposes cognacy to Chepang त्‍युङ्‌हसा (tyuŋh, “at end, be weak, exhausted”), द्युमःसा (dyumʔ, “at ease after completing work”), द्युम्‌सा (dyum, “terminate, reach end; to be at end”), Jingpho chatum (“end, finish”), Limbu [script needed] (tum-ma, “ripe, mature”), Proto-Ao *a-thəm (“end, finish”).

冬

1. winter
2. (Cantonese) winter solstice

   做冬 [Cantonese]  ―  zou⁶ dung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to celebrate the winter solstice with a dinner

   冬大過年／冬大过年 [Cantonese]  ―  dung¹ daai⁶ gwo³ nin⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  the winter solstice is more important than Chinese New Year

3. (Southern Min) year
4. (～日) (telegraphy) the second day of a month
5. Alternative form of 咚 (dōng, “bang; thud”)
6. a surname

Seasons in Mandarin · 四季 (sìjì, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
春 (chūn, “spring”)	夏 (xià, “summer”)	秋 (qiū, “fall; autumn”)	冬 (dōng, “winter”)

For pronunciation and definitions of 冬 – see 鼕. (This character is the simplified form of 鼕).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

• “冬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	冬
Kyūjitai [1]	冬 冬 or 冬+︀?
冬󠄀 冬+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
冬󠄃 冬+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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冬

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 冬)

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kun: ふゆ (fuyu, 冬, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かず (kazu)、とし (toshi)、ふゆ (fuyu)

• 冬瓜(かもうり) (kamouri)
• 忍冬(すいかずら) (suikazura)

Kanji in this term
冬
ふゆ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

⟨puyu⟩ → /ɸuju/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *puyu.

• (Tokyo) ふゆ [fùyúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟jɯ̟]

冬(ふゆ) • (fuyu) 

1. winter (season)

   Synonyms: 冬季 (tōki), 冬期 (tōki)

   冬(ふゆ)の狂(きょう)風(ふう)

   Fuyu no Kyōfū

   The Winds of Winter

Seasons in Japanese · 四(し)季(き) (shiki, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
春(はる) (haru, “spring”) 春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki, “spring”) 春(しゅん)期(き) (shunki, “spring period”)	夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) 夏(か)季(き) (kaki, “summer”) 夏(か)期(き) (kaki, “summer period”)	秋(あき) (aki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)季(き) (shūki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)期(き) (shūki, “fall period”)	冬(ふゆ) (fuyu, “winter”) 冬(とう)季(き) (tōki, “winter”) 冬(とう)期(き) (tōki, “winter period”)

Kanji in this term
冬
とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 冬 (MC towng).

冬(とう) • (tō) 

1. winter

• ウィンター (wintā)

From Middle Chinese 冬 (MC towng). Recorded as Middle Korean 도ᇰ (twong) (Yale: twong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

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冬 (eumhun 겨울 동 (gyeoul dong))

1. hanja form^? of 동 (“winter”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

冬

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified): とぅん (tun)
• Kun: ふゆ (fuyu, 冬, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
冬
ふゆ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compare Japanese 冬 (fuyu, “winter”).

• IPA^(key): [ɸuju]

冬(ふゆ) (fuyu) 

1. winter

• “ふゆ【冬】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

冬: Hán Nôm readings: đông^[1]

1. chữ Hán form of đông (“winter”).