倘

倘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人火月口 (OFBR), four-corner 2922₇, composition ⿰亻尚 (GTV) or ⿰亻尙 (JK))

• 𬆈, 𲆸, 𣦛, 𫤁

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 774
• Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 177, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5018

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰaːŋʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs).

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倘

1. (obsolete) suprised and confused
2. (literary) leisurely; natural; at ease
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) if; supposing; in case

   倘空位不敷應用，請另頁書寫 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
   倘空位不敷应用，请另页书写 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

   tong² hung¹ wai² bat¹ fu¹ jing¹ jung⁶, cing² ling⁶ jip⁶ syu¹ se² [Jyutping]

   If space runs out, please continue writing on a new page.

4. (historical dictionaries only) stopped; stationary
5. (historical dictionaries only) bewildered; disoriented
6. used in 迷離倘恍／迷离倘恍
7. alternative form of 儻 / 傥 (tǎng), used in 倘來／倘来 and 俶倘

• 惝 (chǎng)

倘

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 通 (thang, “can; may”)
   • 2021, “心情淚”, 沈建豪 (lyrics), 沈建豪 (music)‎^[1]performed by 沈建豪:

     癡心無藥倘醫 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     痴心无药倘医 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhi-sim bô io̍h thang i [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Infatuation has no medicine that can cure

   • 2022, “我有罪”, 江志豐, 周彥君 (lyrics), 江志豐 (music)‎^[2]performed by 江志豐:

     關在記誌內底　無路倘退 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     关在记志内底　无路倘退 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     koaiⁿ tī kì-tî lāi-té, bô lō͘ thang thè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Locked up in memories, no road to retreat to

   • 2022, “就是要幸福”, 楊惠絜 (lyrics), 楊惠絜 (music)‎^[3]performed by 葉冠成 and 廖鳳英:

     我愛你的心無人倘代替 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我爱你的心无人倘代替 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     góa ài lí ê sim bô lâng thang tāi-thè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My heart of loving you, no one can replace

• “倘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[4], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “倘”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 26.
• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “倘”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00192

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Kan-on: しょう (shō)、とう (tō)
• Kun: もし (moshi, 倘し)、たちもとほる (tachimotohoru)

倘 (eum 당 (dang))

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倘: Hán Việt readings: thảng^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
倘: Nôm readings: thoảng^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, thoáng^{[1][2][3][4][6][7]}, thẳng^{[1][2][4][5][6][7]}, thằng^{[1][2][3][5][7]}, thoắng^{[3][4][5][6][7]}, thảng^[1][5][7], tháng^[1][2], thoang^[1][3]

1. chữ Nôm form of tháng (“month”)
2. chữ Nôm form of thằng (“(informal or offensive) indicates male people”)
3. chữ Nôm form of thẳng (“straight; direct”)
4. chữ Nôm form of thoáng (“to sweep past; to pass quickly”)
5. chữ Nôm form of thoảng (“(of wind, odour, etc.) to sweep past; to be fleeting”)