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等 (radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹土木戈 (HGDI), four-corner 8834₁, composition ⿱⺮寺)

• 𠎬, 𬼑, 𠾡, 𫮨, 𢡩, 㩐, 𣛆, 𥢜, 𥪸, 𦅯, 𮖴, 𨅸, 𨬻, 𠟚, 𫂨, 𮆠, 𮆩

• KangXi: page 882, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25992
• Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2962, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7B49

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. grading, classification) in ancient times. 寺 (OC *ljɯs) was originally used phonetically; the character was subsequently borrowed for another word with the same meaning, but with no phonetic resemblance to 寺.

“rank; class; kind; to equate; and the like; plural particle”

Endoactive of 登 (OC *tɯːŋ, “to rise; to ascend”) (Schuessler, 2007).

“to wait”

A medieval word, probably related to 待 (OC *dɯːʔ, “to wait”) (Wang, 1982).

等

1. ^† to arrange bamboo slips neatly
2. rank; grade; class
3. sort; kind; type
4. (Chinese phonetics) one of the "divisions" of a rime table

   重紐三等 / 重纽三等  ―  chóngniǔ sānděng  ―  the third division member of a rime doublet

5. to equate; to be equal
6. and the like; and so on; etc.; et al.

   今天晚上有話劇、唱歌、跳舞等精彩表演。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天晚上有话剧、唱歌、跳舞等精彩表演。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān wǎnshàng yǒu huàjù, chànggē, tiàowǔ děng jīngcǎi biǎoyǎn. [Pinyin]

   Tonight there are wonderful performances like drama, singing, dancing, and more.

7. (literary or Hakka) Plural particle used after personal pronouns or nouns.

   爾等 / 尔等 [Classical Chinese]  ―  ěrděng [Pinyin]  ―  you (plural)

   𠊎等 [Hakka]  ―  ngài-tén [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  we; us

8. to wait

   你等多久了？  ―  Nǐ děng duōjiǔ le?  ―  How long have you been waiting?

9. (Hakka) Progressive particle, used after verbs to indicate the continuation of an action or a state.
10. A surname​.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひとしい (hitoshī, 等しい, Jōyō); など (nado, 等); なんど (nando); ら (ra, 等)

From Middle Chinese 等 (tong^X, “step, grade”), extended to mean ... kind of thing.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) と​ー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ː]

等 (hiragana とう, rōmaji tō)

1. et cetera

等 (hiragana とう, rōmaji -tō)

1. rank, class, order
2. et cetera, that kind of thing, and so on

For the et cetera sense, the tō reading is somewhat more formal than the nado reading.

From earlier なんど (nando, “etc., and so forth, and such like”), from earlier 何と (nani to, “etc., and so forth, and such like”, literally “and what”), itself a compound of 何 (nani, “what”) + と (to, “and”).[2][1][3]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠do̞]

等 (hiragana など, rōmaji nado)

1. et cetera, that kind of thing, and so on

   魚 (さかな)や肉 (にく)等 (など)

   sakana ya niku nado

   things like fish or meat, fish and meat et cetera / and other such things

For the et cetera sense, the tō reading is somewhat more formal than the nado reading.

Often spelled in hiragana, as など.

From earlier 何と (nani to, “etc., and so forth, and such like”, literally “and what”), itself a compound of 何 (nani, “what”) + と (to, “and”).[2][1][3]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [nã̠ndo̞]

等 (hiragana なんど, rōmaji nando)

1. (archaic, chiefly obsolete) et cetera, that kind of thing, and so on

Largely superseded by the nado reading above.

May be spelled in hiragana, as なんど.

From Old Japanese.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɾa̠]

等 (hiragana ら, rōmaji -ra)

1. pluralizer

   我 (われ)、我 (われ)等 (ら)、これ、これ等 (ら)

   ware, warera, kore, korera

   I, we, this, these

2. qualifier, softener: around abouts

   今 (きょ)日 (う)等 (ら)、そこ等 (ら)辺 (へん)

   kyōra, sokora hen

   roughly today, that area around there

Often spelled in hiragana, as ら.

等 • (deung)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 등 (revised: deung, McCune–Reischauer: tŭng, Yale: tung)
  • Name (hangeul): 무리등 (Yale: mulitung)

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等 (đẳng, đấng, đứng)

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