窓

See also: 窗, 窻, and 䆫

窓 U+7A93, 窓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A93 ← 窒 [U+7A92] CJK Unified Ideographs 窔 → [U+7A94]

Translingual

Han character

窓 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金戈心 (JCIP), composition ⿱㝐心 or ⿱宀忩)

Derived characters

• 𬄔 𮈾 𨬃 𥲡 𦹎 𫯸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25494
• Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2730, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7A93

Usage notes

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary (廣韻) as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 窻.

Chinese

Glyph origin

	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

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

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 窓 – see 窗 (“window”). (This character is a variant form of 窗).

Japanese

Shinjitai	窓
Kyūjitai	窻

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窓

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Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 窓

窓

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 窻)

Readings

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

Compounds

• 煽(あお)り窓(まど) (aorimado)
• 明(あ)かり窓(まど) (akarimado)
• 揚(あ)げ窓(まど) (agemado)
• 曰(いわ)く窓(まど) (iwakumado)
• 裏(うら)窓(まど) (uramado)
• 円(えん)窓(そう) (ensō)
• 臆(おく)病(びょう)窓(まど) (okubyōmado)
• 織(おり)部(べ)窓(まど) (oribemado)
• 回(かい)転(てん)窓(まど) (kaitenmado)
• 隠(かく)し窓(まど) (kakushimado)
• 客(かく)窓(そう) (kakusō)
• 学(がく)窓(そう) (gakusō)
• 風(かざ)窓(まど) (kazamado)
• 飾(かざ)り窓(まど) (kazarimado)
• 火(か)灯(とう)窓(まど) (katōmado)
• ガラス窓(まど) (garasumado)
• 瓦(かわら)の窓(まど) (kawaranomado)
• 閑(かん)窓(そう) (kansō)
• 機(き)窓(そう) (kisō, “aeroplane window”)
• 北(きた)窓(まど) (kitamado)
• 北(きた)窓(まど)開(ひら)く (kitamado hiraku)
• 北(きた)窓(まど)塞(ふさ)ぐ (kitamado fusagu)
• 狐(きつね)窓(まど) (kitsunemado)
• 切(き)り窓(まど) (kirimado)
• 櫛(くし)形(がた)窓(まど) (kushigatamado)
• 蛍(けい)窓(そう) (keisō)
• 源(げん)氏(じ)窓(まど) (genjimado)
• 舷(げん)窓(そう) (gensō)
• 格(こう)子(し)窓(まど) (kōshimado)
• 獄(ごく)窓(そう) (gokusō)
• 腰(こし)窓(まど) (koshimado)
• 梧(ご)窓(そう)漫(まん)筆(ぴつ) (gosōmanpitsu)
• 小(こ)窓(まど) (komado)
• 狭(さ)窓(まど) (samado)
• 色(しき)紙(し)窓(まど) (shikishimado)
• 紙(し)窓(そう) (shisō)
• 下(した)地(じ)窓(まど), 助(した)枝(じ)窓(まど) (shitajimado)
• 地(じ)窓(まど) (jimado)
• 社(しゃ)会(かい)の窓(まど) (shakai no mado)
• 車(しゃ)窓(そう) (shasō)
• 書(しょ)院(いん)窓(まど) (shoinmado)
• 書(しょ)窓(そう) (shosō)
• 深(しん)窓(そう) (shinsō)
• 深(しん)窓(そう)に育(そだ)つ (shinsō ni sodatsu)
• 船(せん)窓(そう) (sensō)
• 前(ぜん)庭(てい)窓(そう) (zenteisō)
• 窓(そう)下(か) (sōka)
• 窓(そう)外(がい) (sōgai)
• 窓(そう)紗(さ) (sōsa)
• 窓(そう)前(ぜん) (sōzen)
• 窓(そう)牖(ゆう) (sōyū, “window”)
• 高(たか)窓(まど) (takamado)
• 竹(ちく)窓(そう) (chikusō)
• 中(ちゅう)窓(まど) (chūmado)
• 陳(ちん)列(れつ)窓(まど) (chinretsumado)
• 突(つ)き上(あ)げ窓(まど) (tsukiagemado)
• 鉄(てっ)窓(そう) (tessō)
• 手(て)窓(まど) (temado)
• 出(で)窓(まど) (demado)
• 天(てん)窓(そう) (tensō)
• 天(てん)窓(まど) (tenmado)
• 同(どう)窓(そう) (dōsō)
• 同(どう)窓(そう)会(かい) (dōsōkai)
• 南(なん)窓(そう) (nansō)
• 二(に)重(じゅう)窓(まど) (nijūmado)
• 覗(のぞ)き窓(まど) (nozokimado)
• 掃(は)き出(だ)し窓(まど) (hakidashimado)
• 破(は)窓(そう) (hasō)
• 張(は)り出(だ)し窓(まど) (haridashimado)
• 玻(は)璃(り)窓(まど) (harimado)
• 引(ひ)き窓(まど) (hikimado)
• 肘(ひ)掛(じか)け窓(まど) (hijikakemado)
• 聖(ひじり)窓(まど) (hijirimado)
• 病(びょう)窓(そう) (byōsō)
• 開(ひら)き窓(まど) (hirakimado)
• 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)窓(まど) (fūfumado)
• 武(ぶ)家(け)窓(まど) (bukemado)
• 船(ふな)窓(まど) (funamado)
• フランス窓(まど) (furansumado)
• 蓬(ほう)窓(そう) (hōsō)
• 蛍(ほたる)の光(ひかり)窓(まど)の雪(ゆき) (hotaru no hikari mado no yuki)
• 窓(まど)明(あ)かり (madoakari)
• 窓(まど)貝(がい) (madogai)
• 窓(まど)掛(か)け (madokake)
• 窓(まど)ガラス (madogarasu)
• 窓(まど)木(ぎ) (madogi)
• 窓(まど)際(ぎわ) (madogiwa)
• 窓(まど)際(ぎわ)族(ぞく) (madogiwazoku)
• 窓(まど)口(ぐち) (madoguchi)
• 窓(まど)口(ぐち)問(とん)屋(や)制(せい) (madoguchi-ton'yasei)
• 窓(まど)障(しょう)子(じ) (madoshōji)
• 窓(まど)銭(せん) (madosen)
• 窓(まど)台(だい) (madodai)
• 窓(まど)の中(うち) (mado no uchi)
• 窓(まど)の蛍(ほたる) (mado no hotaru)
• 窓(まど)の雪(ゆき) (mado no yuki)
• 窓(まど)販(はん) (madohan)
• 窓(まど)蓋(ふた) (madofuta)
• 窓(まど)辺(べ) (madobe)
• 窓(まど)枠(わく) (madowaku)
• 学(まな)びの窓(まど) (manabi no mado)
• 丸(まる)窓(まど), 円(まる)窓(まど) (marumado)
• 緑(みどり)の窓(まど)口(ぐち) (midori no madoguchi)
• 虫(むし)籠(こ)窓(まど) (mushikomado)
• 武(む)者(しゃ)窓(まど) (mushamado)
• 無(む)窓(そう) (musō)
• 無(む)双(そう)窓(まど) (musōmado)
• 明(めい)窓(そう) (meisō)
• 明(めい)窓(そう)浄(じょう)机(き) (meisōjōki)
• 盲(めくら)窓(まど) (mekuramado)
• 目(め)は心(こころ)の窓(まど) (me wa kokoro no mado, “the eyes are the window to the soul”)
• 物(もの)見(み)窓(まど) (monomimado)
• 夜(や)窓(そう) (yasō)
• 大和(やまと)窓(まど) (yamatomado)
• 横(よこ)窓(まど) (yokomado)
• 与(よ)力(りき)窓(まど) (yorikimado)
• 鎧(よろい)窓(まど) (yoroimado)
• 卵(らん)円(えん)窓(そう) (ran'ensō)
• 連(れん)子(じ)窓(まど) (renjimado)
• 連(れん)双(そう)窓(まど) (rensōmado)
• 六(ろく)窓(そう) (rokusō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
窓
まど Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
窻 (kyūjitai) 窗 牕 牖

From Old Japanese. Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern 目 (me)) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”), in reference to an opening for looking through.^[1][2][3]

Alternatively, may be a compound of 間 (ma, “gap”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”).^[1][3][4]

First cited in some references to a text from 794,^[5] and also found in the Man'yōshū of 759.^[6]

The Microsoft Windows sense is a semantic loan from English Windows.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まど [máꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[7][4][8]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠do̞]

Noun

窓(まど) • (mado) 

1. [from 759] window

   Synonym: (rare) 窓牖 (sōyū)

2. [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^[1][7])

   Synonym: (Shinshū region) きれっと (kiretto)

3. [date uncertain] マド: (investing) on a candlestick chart, a gap in day-to-day candlesticking caused by a marked increase or decrease in the price of a security, derivative, currency, or other investment

   Synonym: 空 (sora)

Descendants

• → Yami: mado

Proper noun

窓(まど) • (Mado) 

1. (Internet slang, dated) Windows (an operating system)

See also

• 林(りん)檎(ご) (Ringo, “Apple, Macintosh”)
• 毒(どく)林(りん)檎(ご) (Doku ringo, “Apple, Macintosh”)

References

1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
2. “窓”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. “窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
6. c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2679:

   , available online here
7. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
8. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

窓 (eumhun 창문 창 (changmun chang))

1. hanja form^? of 창 (“window”)

Vietnamese

Han character

窓: Hán Nôm readings: song

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