唐とう

唐とう U+5510, 唐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5510 ← 唏 [U+550F] CJK Unified Ideographs 唑 → [U+5511]

唐 U+2F842, 唐 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F842 ← 哶 [U+2F841] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 啓 → [U+2F843]

Translingual

Han character

唐とう (Kangxi radical 30, 口くち+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈ほこ中口なかぐち (ILR), four-corner 0026₇, composition ⿸广⿱肀口くち)

Derived characters

• 傏 塘 㜍 搪 嵣 溏 䧜 瑭 榶 膅 煻 禟 磄 䅯 瞊 螗 糖とう 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

唐とう (*lˤɑŋ)

1. 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^[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

simp. and trad.		唐とう
alternative forms		𡃯 𣉺 𥏬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (庚かのえ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唐とう	*ɡl'aːŋ
煻	*l'aːŋ
糖とう	*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
庚かのえ	*kraːŋ
賡	*kraːŋ
鹒	*kraːŋ
康かん	*kʰlaːŋ
穅	*kʰlaːŋ
糠ぬか	*kʰlaːŋ
槺	*kʰlaːŋ
漮	*kʰlaːŋ
躿	*kʰlaːŋ
慷	*kʰlaːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ɡl'aːŋ) : phonetic 庚かのえ (OC *kraːŋ) + semantic 口くち (“mouth”) – to exaggerate, to boast. 唐とう and 庚かのえ were near-homophones in Old Chinese.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): táng (tang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tang²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tong⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong³

• Gan (Wiktionary): tong²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tong²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ton¹
• Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): dòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g / tông / thâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): deng⁵ / tang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶daon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²
    • Yale: táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴
    • Yale: tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔŋ²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ton¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /touŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
    • Tâi-lô: tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng
    • Tâi-lô: thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taang
    • IPA (Longyan): /tʰaŋ¹¹/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
  • tn̂g - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • tông - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: deng⁵ / tang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̂ng / thâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• deng5 - vernacular (incl. surname);
• tang5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶daon
    • MiniDict: daon^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³daan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɑ̃²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dang

Rime
Character	唐とう
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	定じょう (7)
Final (韻いん)	唐とう (101)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	I
Fanqie	徒と郎ろう切きり
Baxter	dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ˤaŋ/, /*[N-]rˤaŋ/, /*[N].rˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡl'aːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唐とう	唐とう	唐とう
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	棠棣はねず 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	唐とう
Reading #	1/1
No.	3959
Phonetic component	庚かのえ
Rime group	陽ひ
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	唐とう
Old Chinese	/*ɡl'aːŋ/

Definitions

唐とう

1. Used in 荒唐こうとう (huāngtáng).; to exaggerate; to boast
2. (literary) exaggerative; boastful
3. (obsolete) vast; wide; extensive
4. (obsolete) road inside temple

   • 中なか唐とう有ゆう甓，邛有ゆう旨むね鷊。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     中なか唐とう有ゆう甓，邛有ゆう旨むね鹝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th 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.

5. (literary) in vain; to no avail
6. 50th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "vastness, emptiness, pointlessness" (𝌷)
7. (～朝あさ) Tang Dynasty (618–907)

   唐とう詩し／唐とう诗  ―  tángshī  ―  Tang poetry

8. Later Tang (923–937), the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

   Synonym: 後こう唐とう／后きさき唐とう (Hòutáng)

9. Southern Tang (937–976), a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

   Synonym: 南みなみ唐とう (Nántáng)

10. Tang, a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty established by Emperor Yao

    Synonym: 陶とう唐とう

11. (figurative) China

    唐とう人ひと  ―  tángrén  ―  Chinese person

12. (obsolete) (alt. form 蓎) dodder (Cuscuta chinensis)
13. (～縣けん) Tang county (a county of Baoding, Hebei, China)
14. (～郡ぐん) Down (a county of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
15. a surname

    唐とう君きみ毅あつし  ―  Táng Jūnyì  ―  Tang Chun-i (20th-century Chinese philosopher)

See also

Dynasties (朝代あさよ) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏なつ (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商しょう (～朝あさ, ～代だい) 殷いん (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周しゅう (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西にし周あまね
		Eastern Zhou 東あずま周あまね／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋しゅんじゅう
			Warring States period 戰國せんごく／战国
Qin 秦はた (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢かん／汉 (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西にし漢かん／西にし汉
		Xin 新しん (～朝あさ)
		Eastern Han 東ひがし漢かん／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三さん國こく／三さん国こく	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏たかし
		Shu Han 蜀しょく漢かん／蜀しょく汉
		Wu 吳ご／吴
Jin 晉すすむ／晋すすむ (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西にし晉すすむ／西にし晋すすむ
		Eastern Jin 東あずま晉すすむ／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北なんぼく朝あさ	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝ほくちょう	Northern Wei 北きた魏たかし
			Western Wei 西にし魏たかし
			Eastern Wei 東あずま魏たかし／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北きた周あまね
			Northern Qi 北きた齊ひとし／北きた齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝なんちょう	Liu Song 劉りゅう宋そう／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南みなみ齊ひとし／南みなみ齐
			Liang 梁りょう (～朝あさ, ～代だい)
			Chen 陳ひね／陈 (～朝あさ, ～代だい)
Sui 隋ずい (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐とう (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五ご代だい十じゅう國こく／五ご代だい十じゅう国こく	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼りょう／辽 (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋そう (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北きた宋そう
		Southern Song 南みなみ宋そう
Western Xia 西にし夏なつ	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金きむ (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西にし遼りょう／西にし辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元もと (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明あきら (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清きよし (～朝あさ, ～代だい)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Compounds

• 中ちゅう唐とう (zhōngtáng)
• 二に返かえし投とう唐とう
• 全ぜん唐から文ぶん
• 全ぜん唐詩とうし／全ぜん唐から诗
• 初はつ唐とう (Chūtáng)
• 初はつ唐とう四よん傑すぐる／初はつ唐とう四よん杰
• 劉りゅう唐から下書したがき／刘唐下か书
• 半はん唐とう番ばん (bàntángfān, “half-Chinese person”)
• 南みなみ唐とう (Nántáng)
• 唐から三彩さんさい (tángsāncǎi)
• 唐から三さん絕ぜっ／唐から三さん绝
• 唐から三藏さんぞう (Tángsānzàng)
• 唐人とうじん (tángrén)
• 唐人とうじん街がい (tángrénjiē, “Chinatown”)
• 唐から努つとむ山さん
• 唐古からこ喇山
• 唐古からこ拉ひしげ (Tánggǔlā)
• 唐から哉皇哉
• 唐から堯／唐から尧
• 唐から塞ふさが
• 唐から太ふとし宗むね
• 唐から夷えびす
• 唐とう家か墩 (Tángjiādūn)
• 唐から寧やすし街がい／唐から宁街 (Tángníng Jiē)
• 唐山からやま (Tángshān)
• 唐から巷ちまた (Tángxiàng)
• 唐から巾はば
• 唐とう店てん (Tángdiàn)
• 唐から捐 (tángjuān)
• 唐から明あかり皇すめらぎ (Tángmínghuáng)
• 唐から晡囝
• 唐とう會かい要よう／唐とう会かい要よう
• 唐から朝あさ (Tángcháo)
• 唐から村むら (Tángcūn)
• 唐樂とうがく／唐から乐 (tángyuè)
• 唐とう氏し症しょう (Tángshìzhèng)
• 唐から沖おき／唐から冲 (Tángchōng)
• 唐から猊 (tángní)
• 唐から猊鎧甲かぶと／唐から猊铠甲かぶと (tángní kǎijiǎ)
• 唐から玄げん宗むね
• 唐突とうとつ (tángtū)
• 唐突とうとつ西にし施ほどこせ
• 唐から縣けん／唐から县 (Tángxiàn)
• 唐から老ろう鴨かも／唐から老ろう鸭 (Tánglǎoyā)
• 唐から臨晉帖じょう／唐から临晋帖じょう
• 唐から花はな (tánghuā)
• 唐から莊そう／唐から庄しょう (Tángzhuāng)
• 唐から菖蒲しょうぶ (tángchāngpú)
• 唐から虞おそれ (Táng-Yú)
• 唐から裝そう／唐から装そう (tángzhuāng)
• 唐から話はなし／唐から话 (tánghuà)
• 唐詩とうし／唐から诗 (Tángshī)
• 唐から韻いん／唐から韵
• 唐から餐 (tángcān)
• 唐から高祖こうそ
• 四よん唐とう
• 大だい唐とう之の歌うた
• 後こう唐とう／后きさき唐とう (Hòutáng)
• 撲なぐ唐から唐とう／扑唐唐とう
• 放肆ほうし荒唐こうとう
• 新しん唐とう書しょ／新しん唐から书 (Xīntángshū)
• 晚ばん唐とう
• 李り唐とう (Lǐtáng)
• 求もとめ馬ば唐から肆／求もとめ马唐肆
• 盛もり唐とう (Shèngtáng)
• 舊きゅう唐とう書しょ／旧きゅう唐から书 (Jiùtángshū)
• 苟且唐とう塞ふさが
• 荒唐こうとう (huāngtáng)
• 荒唐こうとう不ふ經けい／荒唐こうとう不ふ经
• 荒唐こうとう之の言げん
• 荒唐無稽こうとうむけい／荒唐こうとう无稽
• 行くだり唐とう (xíngtáng)
• 遣唐使けんとうし (qiǎntángshǐ)
• 陶とう唐とう
• 陶とう唐とう氏し
• 雲くも雨う高だか唐とう／云うん雨う高だか唐とう
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 馮唐易えき老ろう／冯唐易えき老ろう
• 高こう唐とう (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)”)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), A00583

Japanese

Shinjitai	唐とう
Kyūjitai	唐とう󠄁 唐とう+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	唐とう󠄃 唐とう+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

唐とう

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Tang dynasty
2. China, Chinese, Sino-
3. foreign
4. baseless, bogus
5. abrupt, sudden

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Tō-on: たん (tan)
• Sō-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: から (kara, 唐とう, Jōyō); もろこし (morokoshi, 唐とう)
• Nanori: かろ (karo)

Compounds

Compounds

• 唐とう(とう)朝あさ(ちょう) (Tōchō, “the Tang Dynasty”)
• 唐とう(とう)突(とつ) (tōtotsu)
• 荒あら(こう)唐とう(とう) (kōtō)
• 唐棣はねず花はな(ハネズ) (hanezu)
• 唐土とうど(もろこし) (Morokoshi)
• 唐黍とうきび(モロコシ) (morokoshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唐とう
とう Grade: S
on’yomi

/tau/ → /tɔː/ → /toː/

From Middle Chinese 唐とう (MC dang).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​ー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ː]

Noun

唐とう(とう) • (tō) ^{←たう (tau)?}

1. foreign lands in general

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 唐とう(トウ)辛からし(ガラ)子こ(シ) (tō-garashi, “red pepper”)
• 唐人とうじん(とうじん) (tōjin, “Chinese person; foreigner; barbarian”)
• 唐とう(とう)縮緬ちりめん(ちりめん) (tō-chirimen, “muslin”)
• 唐紅からくれない(とうべに) (tōbeni, “fuchsine”)
• 玉蜀黍とうもろこし(トウモロコシ) (tōmorokoshi, “corn, maize”)
• 毛もう(け)唐とう(とう) (ketō, “foreigner, Westerner”)

Idioms

• 唐とう(とう)へ投とう(な)げ銀ぎん(がね) (tō e nage-gane)

Proper noun

唐とう(とう) • (Tō) ^{←たう (tau)?}

1. (historical) name of various Chinese dynasties:
   1. the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE)
   2. the 後こう唐とう (Kōtō, “Later Tang”) (923-937 CE)
   3. the 南みなみ唐とう (Nantō, “Southern Tang”) (937–976 CE)
2. (dated) China in general

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 唐とう(とう)音おと(おん) (Tō-on, “Tang reading of a kanji character”)
• 唐とう(とう)詩し(し) (Tō-shi, “Tang poetry”)
• 唐とう(とう)人ひと(じん) (Tō-jin, “a Chinese person; a foreigner from China”)
• 入唐にっとう(にっとう) (nittō, “visit to Tang Dynasty China”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
唐とう
から Grade: S
kun’yomi

From 伽羅きゃら, a proper name from 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^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠]

Prefix

唐とう(から) • (kara-) 

1. element in compounds, referring to things imported from China or from other foreign lands

   漢詩かんし(からうた)、唐とう(から)歌うた(うた)、唐とう(から)揚あげ(あ)げ、漢音かんおん(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

Derived terms

• 唐とう(から)揚あげ(あ)げ (karāge, “deep-fried chicken nuggets”)
• 唐から歌うた(からうた) (karauta)
• 唐とう(から)木き(き) (karaki, “exotic wood”)
• 唐とう(から)紅べに(くれない) (kara-kurenai, “Chinese red”)
• 唐とう(から)獅子しし(じし), 唐とう(から)獅子しし(じし) (kara-jishi): an artistic portrayal of a lion
• 唐とう(から)手て(て) (karate, “karate”)
• 唐から梨なし(カラナシ) (karanashi)
• 唐様からよう(からよう) (karayō, “Chinese-style design”)

Noun

唐とう(から) • (kara) 

1. foreign lands in general
2. Short for 唐織からおり (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

唐とう(から) • (Kara) 

1. (formal, dated) the name of China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE).

Derived terms

• 唐とう(から)人ひと(ひと) (Kara hito), 唐とう(から)人ひと(びと) (Kara-bito, “a Chinese or Korean person; a foreigner from China or Korea”)

See also

• 漢かん(から) (Kara, usually "China in the Han dynasty")
• 韓かん(から) (Kara, usually "Korea")
• 加か羅ら(から), 伽羅きゃら(から), 迦羅(から) (Kara, “the Gaya confederacy”, original derivation)
• 呉ご(くれ) (Kure, “China during the Wu dynasty”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
唐とう
もろこし Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 唐とう – see the following entry.

【もろこし】 [proper noun] (archaic) China [noun] (archaic) any objects imported from China Alternative spelling 唐土とうど

(This term, 唐とう, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

唐とう (eumhun 당나라 당 (dangnara dang))

1. Hanja form^? of 당 (“Tang dynasty”).
2. Hanja form^? of 당 (“Chinese”).

Okinawan

Kanji

唐とう

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): とー (tō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
唐とう
とー Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toː/

Proper noun

唐とう(とー) (Tō) 

1. China

Derived terms

• 唐とう(とー)船ふね(しん) (Tōshin)
• 唐とう(とー)口くち(ぐち) (Tōguchi)
• 唐とう(とー)ぬ口くち(くち) (Tōnukuchi)
• 唐とう(とー)ぬ人ひと(ちゅ) (Tōnuchu)
• 唐とう(とー)ぬっ人ひと(ちゅー)墓はか(ばか) (Tōnutchūbaka)

References

• “とー【唐とう】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

Han character

唐とう: Hán Nôm readings: Đường, đường, đằng, đàng, giềng

1. Tang dynasty
2. Chinese