Unicode: U+66C8

Pinyin: tóng

Definition

* 〔~~〕a.日出很明亮的样子;b.目光闪烁的样子。 * 〔~昽〕天将亮的样子

twilight just before sunrise

Structure

曈 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_66C8
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
83_E185

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC