蕩蕩
See also: 荡荡
Chinese
a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute |
a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute | ||
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trad. (蕩蕩/盪盪) | 蕩/盪 | 蕩/盪 | |
simp. (荡荡) | 荡 | 荡 |
Pronunciation
Adjective
蕩蕩
- (literary, ideophonic) vast; broad; spacious (and empty)
- (literary, ideophonic) generous; magnanimous
- (literary, ideophonic, of water) gushing; surging; rushing
- (literary, ideophonic) unrestrained; unconstrained
- (literary, ideophonic) floating; drifting; swaying
- (literary, ideophonic) bright and clean; luminous
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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蕩 | 蕩 |
とう Hyōgaiji |
とう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms
Etymology
/tautau/ → /tɔːtɔː/ → /toːtoː/
From Middle Chinese 蕩蕩 (MC dɑŋX dɑŋX).
Due to some similarity in meaning in the source Chinese and further conflation in Japanese, this term is variously spelled either 蕩蕩 or 湯湯. Note that the difference is the presence or absence of the radical 艹 at the top of each character.
Adjective
蕩蕩 (-tari inflection, hiragana とうとう, rōmaji tōtō, historical hiragana たうたう)
- (uncommon, literary) spacious, grandiose
- (uncommon, literary) level and peaceful
- (uncommon, literary) gushing, surging, rushing
- (uncommon, literary) gentle
- (uncommon, literary) disordered, unconstrained
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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