噸

See also: 吨
噸 U+5678, 噸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5678
← 噷
[U+5677] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 噹 →
[U+5679]

Translingual

Han character

噸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口心山金 (RPUC), four-corner 61086, composition ⿰口頓)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 211, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4429
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 689, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5678

Chinese
trad. 噸
simp. 吨*

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton. For Taiwanese Hokkien tòng, via Japanese トン (ton).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tan - colloquial;
  • tun - literary.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 1ten
        • MiniDict: ten平
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1ten
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tən⁵³/

Definitions

噸

  1. Classifier for metric ton.
  2. Classifier for ton; tonne.
  3. Classifier for registered ton.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
噸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings
  • On (unclassified): とん (ton)
  • Kun: とん (ton)

Etymology

ateji, for English ton

Noun

噸(とん) or 噸(トン) • (ton) 

  1. トン: ton

Korean

Hanja

噸 • (ton) (hangeul 톤, McCune–Reischauer t'on)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噸: Hán Nôm readings: đốn

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References
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