滝

See also: 瀧 and 泷
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Translingual
Traditional 瀧
Shinjitai 滝
Simplified 泷

Han character

滝 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水卜廿山 (EYTU), four-corner 30116, composition ⿰氵竜)

Further reading
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 643, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18067
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1706, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6EDD

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 滝 – see 瀧 (“appearance of raining; wet; soaked; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 瀧).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 滝

Kyūjitai

 瀧

Kanji
滝

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 瀧)

  1. waterfall, cascade
  2. rapids

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
滝
たき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
瀧 (kyūjitai)
瀑

/taki1/ → /taki/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

滝(たき) • (taki) 

  1. waterfall
    c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 8, poem 1035), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 54)
    滝(たき)の音(おと)は絶(た)えて久(ひさ)しくなりぬれど名(な)こそ流(なが)れてなほ聞(き)こえけれ
    taki no oto wa taete hisashiku narinuredo na koso nagarete nao kikoekere
    The waterfall's sound faded into nothingness a long time ago―but its name has come down still to be heard today.[2]
  2. (archaic) rapids
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 15, poem 3617:
      , text here
      伊波婆之流(いはばしる)多伎(たき)毛登杼呂尓(もとどろに)鳴(なく)蝉(せみ)乃(の)許恵乎之伎氣婆(こゑをしきけば)京師(みやこ)之於毛保由(しおもほゆ) [Man'yōgana]
      石(いは)走(ばし)る滝(たき)もとどろに鳴(な)く蝉(せみ)の声(こゑ)をし聞(き)けば都(みやこ)し思(おも)ほゆ [Modern spelling]
      iwa-bashiru taki mo todoro ni naku semi no koe o shikikeba miyako shi omōyu
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 滝汗(たきあせ) (takiase, “profuse sweating”)
  • 滝口(たきぐち) (takiguchi, “top of a waterfall”)
  • 滝壷(たきつぼ) (takitsubo)
  • 滝(たき)登(のぼ)り (takinobori)
  • 男(お)滝(だき), 雄(お)滝(だき) (odaki)
  • 小(お)滝(だき) (odaki, “cascade”)
  • 枯滝(かれたき), 枯(か)れ滝(たき) (karetaki)
  • 涸滝(かれたき), 涸(か)れ滝(たき) (karetaki)
  • 白滝(しらたき) (shirataki)
  • 女(め)滝(だき), 雌(め)滝(だき) (medaki)

Proper noun

滝(たき) • (Taki) 

  1. A placename.
  2. a surname

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 223

Korean

Hanja

滝 (eumhun 젖을 롱 (jeojeul rong), South Korea 젖을 농 (jeojeul nong))

  1. Alternative form of 瀧

References
  • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 竜 (long)

Han character

滝: Nôm readings: sông[3][4][1][2], lùng[3][4], sòng[3], suồng[3], trong[3], rông[1], rồng[1], suông[1], long[5]

  1. Nôm form of sông (“river”).

References
  1. Trần (2004).
  2. Bonet (1899).
  3. Nguyễn (2014).
  4. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  5. Hồ (1976).
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