窗

See also: 窓, 窻, 䆫, 囱, and 囪

窗	U+7A97, 窗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A97

← 窖
[U+7A96]

CJK Unified Ideographs

窘 →
[U+7A98]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

窗 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹田水 (JCHWE) or 十金竹田大 (JCHWK), four-corner 3060₈, composition ⿱穴囱(GJKV) or ⿱穴囪(HT))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25517
Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2731, character 12
Unihan data for U+7A97

Chinese

trad.		窗
simp. ^#		窗
alternative forms		窻／窗䆫窓／窗牕囪窻／窗䆫窓／窗牕囪囱牎𤗄𪺠𤗉𮈾𡆧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
牎	*sʰroːŋ
窗	*sʰroːŋ
窓	*sʰroːŋ
囱	sʰroːŋ, sʰloːŋ
總	*ʔsloːŋʔ
熜	*ʔsloːŋʔ
傯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
緫	*ʔsloːŋʔ
揔	*ʔsloːŋʔ
偬	ʔsloːŋʔ, ʔsloːŋs
囪	*sʰloːŋ
璁	*sʰloːŋ
驄	*sʰloːŋ
蔥	*sʰloːŋ
匆	*sʰloːŋ
怱	*sʰloːŋ
葱	*sʰloːŋ
楤	*sʰloːŋ
聦	*sʰloːŋ
繱	*sʰloːŋ
騘	*sʰloːŋ
鍯	*sʰloːŋ
聰	*sʰloːŋ
愡	*sʰloːŋs
檧	sloːŋ, sloːŋʔ
憽	*sloːŋ
幒	sʰloŋʔ, kjoŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 穴 (“hole”) + 囱 (“window”).

Etymology

From circumstantial noun prefix *s- + 通 (OC l̥ˤoŋ, “to penetrate”), literally "where light penetrates" (Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chuāng (chuang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cang¹ / cuang¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coeng¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): tong¹ / tong^1*
Gan (Wiktionary): cong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): cung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): cuon¹
Northern Min (KCR): té̤ng / chó̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): chŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): toeng¹ / tyeng¹ / corng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thang / chhong

(Teochew, Peng'im): têng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshaon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuang
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuang¹
  - Yale: chwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuang
  - Palladius: чуан (čuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cang¹ / cuang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang / cuong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: coeng¹
  - Yale: chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tong¹ / tong^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔŋ³³/, /tʰɔŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

Note: tong1* - as a standalone noun.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cuon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: té̤ng / chó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰœyŋ⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵⁴/

Note:

té̤ng - vernacular;
chó̤ng - literary.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: toeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰœŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tyeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyøŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: corng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒŋ⁵³³/

Note:

toeng1/tyeng1 - vernacular;
corng1 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thang / chhong
  - Tâi-lô: thang / tshong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tafng, zhofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

thang - vernacular;
chhong - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: têng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: theng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshaon
  - MiniDict: tshaon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qyan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 窗
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰuã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰuɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/suə¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰuɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰz̩ʷɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰyɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰo³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sʰau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰyan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰœŋ⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰœŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰɔŋ⁵⁵/ /tʰaŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰouŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/tʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tʰeŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hiaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: tsrhaewng

Rime
Character	窗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚江切
Baxter	tsrhaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɔŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-l̥ˤ<r>oŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhæwng ›
Old Chinese	/*s-l̥ˁ<r>oŋ/
English	window
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	窗
Reading #	1/1
No.	1807
Phonetic component	囱
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	囪
Old Chinese	/*sʰroːŋ/
Notes	原下作怱，注説文作窗

Definitions

窗

window (Classifier: 扇 m; 個／个 c; 隻／只 c)
窗簾／窗帘 ― chuānglián ― window blinds

打開個窗／打开个窗 [Cantonese] ― daa² hoi¹ go³ coeng¹ [Jyutping] ― to open the window

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 窗戶 (“window”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牖, 窗, 軒, 櫳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		窗戶, 窗口, 窗子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窗戶, 窗兒, 窗子
	Taiwan	窗戶
	Langfang	窗戶
	Ulanhot	窗戶
	Tongliao	窗戶
	Chifeng	窗戶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	窗戶
	Harbin	窗戶
	Shenyang	窗戶
	Malaysia	窗
	Singapore	窗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	窗戶
	Tangshan	窗戶
	Cangzhou	窗戶
	Baoding	窗戶
	Shijiazhuang	窗戶
	Jinan	窗戶, 窗子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	窗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	窗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	窗戶
	Daming	窗戶
	Wanrong	窗
	Zhengzhou	窗戶, 窗
	Xi'an	窗子
	Xining	窗子, 窗窗
	Xuzhou	窗戶, 窗子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	窗子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	窗子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窗子, 窗戶
	Bayanhot	窗子
	Lanzhou	窗子
	Ürümqi	窗子, 窗戶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	窗子, 窗戶
	Wuhan	窗戶, 窗子
	Guiyang	窗子, 窗戶
	Kunming	窗戶
	Guilin	窗子, 窗戶
	Liuzhou	窗子, 窗戶
	Nanning (Wuming)	窗子, 窗口, 窗戶
	Shanglin (Sanli)	亮窗
	Hechi (Yizhou)	窗子, 窗戶, 窗口
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	窗戶
	Kokang	窗子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	窗子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	窗子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	窗戶, 窗子
	Yangzhou	窗子, 窗戶
	Xinghua	窗蒙
	Nantong	窗子
	Hefei	窗子
	Huanggang	窗子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窗, 窗門, 窗口
	Hong Kong	窗, 窗門, 窗口
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	窗門
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	窗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	窗門
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	窗門
	Macau	窗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	窗, 窗門
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	窗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	窗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	窗
	Foshan	窗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	窗
	Foshan (Shunde)	窗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	窗口
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	窗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	窗口
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	窗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	窗門
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	窗眼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	窗門
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	窗門
	Taishan	窗口, 窗門, 窗眼, 窗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	窗口, 窗門
	Enping (Niujiang)	窗眼
	Heshan (Yayao)	窗
	Dongguan	窗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	窗門
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	窗
	Qingyuan	窗門
	Fogang	窗眼
	Yingde (Hanguang)	窗子
	Yangshan	窗口
	Lianshan (Butian)	光窗門
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	光窗
	Shaoguan	窗門, 窗口
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	窗
	Renhua	門窗, 光窗
	Lechang	光窗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	窗
	Sihui	窗門
	Guangning	窗門
	Deqing	窗櫺
	Huaiji	窗口
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	窗門
	Yunfu	窗
	Xinxing	窗門
	Luoding	窗門
	Yunan (Pingtai)	窗眼
	Yangjiang	窗, 窗子
	Xinyi	光窗, 窗門, 窗口
	Lianjiang	窗
	Nanning	窗口, 窗眼, 窗戶, 窗
	Wuzhou	窗
	Yulin	窗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	窗
	Danzhou	窗肆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	窗口
	Singapore (Guangfu)	窗口
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	窗口
Gan	Nanchang	窗子, 格子
	Poyang	檻子
	Yugan	窗子
	Wannian	窗子
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	淺門
	Hengfeng	淺門
	Yanshan (Hekou)	淺門
	Lichuan	㦿仔, 㦿門
	Pingxiang	窗子, 㦿㦿, 㦿子
	Guixi	㦿門
Hakka	Meixian	窗仔
	Xingning	窗哩
	Dabu (Gaobei)	窗
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	窗門
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	窗
	Fengshun (Pantian)	窗門
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	窗門
	Huiyang	窗門
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	窗門
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	窗門
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	窗
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	窗眼, 窗門, 窗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	窗眼
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	窗籟, 窗門, 窗哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	窗哩, 窗光
	Wuhua (Changbu)	光窗
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	窗籟
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	窗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	光窗
	Liannan	光窗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	窗門
	Jiexi	窗孔
	Luhe	窗門
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	窗
	Changting	窗子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	窗子
	Ninghua	窗門
	Yudu	窗子
	Ningdu	窗子
	Shicheng	窗
	Shangyou (Shexi)	斗門
	Tonggu (Sandu)	光窗
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	斗門
	Dayu	窗
	Taoyuan	窗門
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	窗門
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	窗門
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	窗門
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	窗門
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	窗門
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	窗門
	Hong Kong	窗門
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	光窗
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	窗
	Xinyi (Sihe)	光窗
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	光窗
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	窗子
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	窗欞
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	窗
	Mengshan (Xihe)	窗眼
	Luchuan	光窗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	光窗
	Sabah (Bao'an)	窗子
	Sabah (Longchuan)	窗門
	Senai (Huiyang)	窗門
	Senai (Hepo)	窗門
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	柱門
	Singkawang	窗門
Huizhou	Jixi	檻闥
	Shexian	檻窗, 檻闥
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	檻兒窗
	Xiuning	檻兒窗
	Yixian	檻
	Qimen	檻, 檻吶, 檻窗, 檻窗吶
	Wuyuan	檻, 窗, 檻窗, 窗子
	Fuliang	檻窗
	Dexing	窗子
Jin	Taiyuan	窗戶, 窗子
	Pingyao	窗子
	Xinzhou	窗子
	Taibus (Baochang)	窗戶
	Linhe	窗子
	Jining	窗戶
	Hohhot	窗子
	Baotou	窗戶
	Dongsheng	窗子
	Haibowan	窗子
	Zhangjiakou	窗戶
	Handan	窗戶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	窗門仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	推門仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	天門
	Pucheng (Shibei)	窗㦿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	檻門, 檻門窗, 檻門囝, 檻門臼
	Fuzhou (Changle)	檻門囝
	Fuqing	窗門, 窗門囝, 檻門囝
	Gutian	門檻
	Fu'an	窗門
	Ningde	窗門
	Shouning	窗門
	Zhouning	窗退門
	Fuding	窗門
	Matsu	檻門囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	窗仔, 窗仔門
	Quanzhou	窗仔, 窗仔門
	Jinjiang	窗仔門
	Yongchun	窗囝
	Zhangzhou	窗仔, 窗仔門
	Taipei	窗仔門, 窗仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	窗仔門
	Kaohsiung	窗仔
	Yilan	窗, 窗仔門
	Changhua (Lukang)	窗仔
	Taichung	窗仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	窗仔
	Tainan	窗, 窗仔, 窗仔門
	Taitung	窗仔
	Hsinchu	窗仔
	Kinmen	窗
	Penghu (Magong)	窗
	Penang (Hokkien)	窗仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	窗仔, 窗仔門, 窗
	Manila (Hokkien)	窗仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	窗仔只, 窗只仔
	Datian	窗門仔, 窗門
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	窗戶
	Chaozhou	窗
	Shantou	窗, 窗門
	Shantou (Chenghai)	窗
	Jieyang	窗
	Lufeng	窗
	Haifeng	窗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	窗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	窗
	Singapore (Teochew)	窗
	Leizhou	窗
	Wenchang	窗
	Haikou	窗
Puxian Min	Putian	窗
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	窗
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	窗
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	窗
	Xianyou	窗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	窗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	窗
Central Min	Yong'an	窗門, 窗仔
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	推門
	Sanming (Shaxian)	窗門
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	窗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	窗門
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	窗, 門窗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Xinxu)	窗門
Shehua	Fu'an	窗門
	Fuding	窗門
	Sanming	推門
	Shunchang	窗仔門
	Hua'an	窗仔門
	Guixi (Zhangping)	窗門
	Cangnan	窗子
	Jingning (Hexi)	窗門
	Lishui	窗門
	Longyou	窗門
	Chaozhou	窗
	Fengshun	門窗
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	亮門子
Wu	Shanghai	窗, 窗門, 窗子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	窗
	Suzhou	窗
	Wuxi	窗, 窗架, 窗子
	Danyang	窗門, 窗眼, 窗篷
	Hangzhou	窗, 窗門, 窗子
	Shaoxing	窗門
	Ningbo	窗門, 窗檻, 檻窗, 窗頭
	Zhoushan	窗門, 窗頭
	Wenzhou	窗, 窗門
	Jinhua	檻頭, 檻頭門, 窗門
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	款
	Shangrao	窗盤
	Shangrao (Guangfeng)	窗盤
	Yushan	窗門
Xiang	Changsha	亮窗, 窗戶
	Xiangtan	窗子
	Xiangxiang	窗子
	Loudi	窗子眼
	Shuangfeng	窗子
	Quanzhou	窗戶

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (窗):

→ Korean: 창(窓) (chang)
→ Vietnamese: song (窗)

Others:

→ Zhuang: cueng

References

“窗”, 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–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “窗”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 36.

Japanese

Kanji

窗

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: そう (sō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: まど (mado, 窗)

Kanji in this term
窗
まど Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 窗 – see the following entry.

【窓まど】6

[noun] [from 759] window

[noun] [from 1931] (regional, dialect, Etchū region) a deep gap in a mountain ridge (so called for the way the wind blows through, like a window)

[proper noun] (Internet slang, dated) Windows (an operating system)

Alternative spellings
牕, 牖

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

Korean

Hanja

窗 • (chang) (hangeul 창)

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Vietnamese

Han character

窗: Hán Nôm readings: song

(archaic, literary) window
Short for chấn song (“upright post in a paling or railing”).
sau song sắt
behind (iron) bars