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

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

Definitions

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	窓
Kyūjitai	窻

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

窓

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

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)

[from 759] window
Synonym: (rare) 窓牖 (sōyū)
[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)
[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)

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ “窓”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^
c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2679:
, available online here
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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))

hanja form^? of 창 (“window”)

Vietnamese

Han character

窓: Hán Nôm readings: song

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[K-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[DDJS-2] “窓”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[KDJ-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-5] “窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[6] 
c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2679:
, available online here

[DJR-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

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