敦
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Translingual
Han character
敦 (radical 66, 攴+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜木人大 (YDOK), four-corner 08440, composition ⿰享攵)
References
- KangXi: page 473, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13276
- Dae Jaweon: page 826, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1468, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6566
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 敦 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (敦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
弴 | *tjuː, *tuːn |
敦 | *tuːl, *doːn, *tuːn, *tuːns |
錞 | *duːlʔ, *duːls, *djun |
憝 | *duːls |
憞 | *duːls |
譈 | *duːls |
鐓 | *duːls |
鷻 | *doːn |
鶉 | *doːn, *djun |
惇 | *tuːn, *tjun |
墩 | *tuːn |
驐 | *tuːn |
燉 | *tuːns, *tʰuːn, *duːn |
焞 | *tʰuːn, *djun |
啍 | *tʰuːn, *duːn |
暾 | *tʰuːn |
噋 | *tʰuːn, *kʰʷaːɡ |
諄 | *tjun, *tjuns |
埻 | *tjunʔ, *kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ |
稕 | *tjuns |
醇 | *djun |
淳 | *djun |
犉 | *njun |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tuːl, *doːn, *tuːn, *tuːns) : phonetic 𦎫 + semantic 攴 (“hand”)
Etymology 1
- “thick; earnest; plentiful; large”
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)ow-n (“thick”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Definitions
敦
Compounds
Etymology 2

Pronunciation
Compounds
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Pronunciation
Definitions
敦
- † to administer; to manage
- 敦商之旅,克咸厥功。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Duī Shāng zhī lǚ, kè xián jué gōng. [Pinyin]
- [Wu] disposed of the troops of Shang;
He and his men shared equally in the achievement.
- † solitary
- 敦彼獨宿,亦在車下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Duī bǐ dú sù, yì zài chē xià. [Pinyin]
- And quietly and solitarily did we pass the night,
Under our carriages.
敦彼独宿,亦在车下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † to throw
- † to force upon
- 王事敦我,政事一埤遺我。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wángshì duī wǒ, zhèngshì yī pí yí wǒ. [Pinyin]
- The king's business is thrown on me,
And the affairs of our government are left to me more and more.
王事敦我,政事一埤遗我。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Etymology 4
See 團 (OC *doːn).
Pronunciation
Definitions
敦
- † clustered
- † Alternative form of 團/团 (tuán, “round”).
- 有敦瓜苦,烝在栗薪。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǒu tuán guā kǔ, zhēng zài lì xīn. [Pinyin]
- There were the round bitter gourds hanging,
From the branches of the chestnut trees.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Definitions
敦
- Only used in 混敦 and 敦然.
Pronunciation
Definitions
敦
- Only used in 敦恨.
Etymology 8
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 雕 (“to engrave; to inlay; to carve; etc.”). (This character, 敦, is a variant form of 雕.) |
Etymology 9
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 燾 (“shine, illuminate; cover, envelope”). (This character, 敦, is a variant form of 燾.) |
Etymology 10
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 淳 (“thick; honest; etc.”). (This character, 敦, is a variant form of 淳.) |
Etymology 11
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 屯 (“village, hamlet; camp; etc.”). (This character, 敦, is a variant form of 屯.) |
Etymology 12
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 墩 (“heap, mound; block of stone”). (This character, 敦, is the second-round simplified form of 墩.) |
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Etymology 13
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 礅. (This character, 敦, is the second-round simplified form of 礅.) |
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Etymology 14
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 蹾 (“to squat; to crouch”). (This character, 敦, is the second-round simplified form of 蹾.) |
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Etymology 15
For pronunciation and definitions of 敦 – see 撉 (“to jolt; to thump”). (This character, 敦, is the second-round simplified form of 撉.) |
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Japanese
Readings
Compounds
- 敦盛 (atsumori)
- 敦賀 (Tsuruga): Tsuruga, Fukui
- 敦厚 (tonkō)
- 敦煌 (Tonkō); Dunhuang
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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敦 |
たい Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 敦 (MC tuʌi, tuən, duɑn, tuənH).
Proper noun
敦 (hiragana あつし, rōmaji Atsushi, alternative reading つとむ, rōmaji Tsutomu)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
敦 • (don, toe) (hangeul 돈, 퇴, revised don, toe, McCune–Reischauer ton, t'oe, Yale ton, thoy)
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Vietnamese
Han character
敦: Hán Việt readings: đôn (
敦: Nôm readings: đon[1][2][3][5][6][7], run[1][2][3][4][6][7], xôn[2][5][4], xun[3][5][6], đôn[3][4][7], giun[4][6][7], dun[4][6][7], don[4][6][7], dồn[1][2], ton[3][5], rủn[3][6], gion[5][6], chon[1], trôn[1], đun[1], dôn[3], giôn[3], đùn[3], đũn[6], dún[7]
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Hồ (1976).
- Génibrel (1898).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).