Taxonomy of meanings for 冬:  

  • 冬 dōng (OC: tuuŋ MC: tuoŋ) 都宗切 平 廣韻:【冬古文 】
  • 冬 dōng (OC: tuuŋ MC: tuoŋ) 都宗切 平 廣韻:【四時之末尸子曰冬爲信北方爲冬冬終也又姓前燕慕容皝左司馬冬壽都宗切七文 】
    • SEASON
      • nadSin winter
      • nwinter
      • nadNwintery (day)
      • nadVin a wintery manner, in the manner appropriate to winter
      • n(post-N.)adSin the winter (of that contextually determinate year.
      • nadVin winterLZ
    • =終

    Additional information about 冬

    說文解字: 【冬】,四時盡也。从仌、从𠂂。 〔小徐本「𠂂」上無「从」。〕 𠂂,古文終字 【都宗切】 【𣆼(𠔙𣅈)】、古文冬从日。

      Criteria
    • DREAM

      1. The current standard word for a dream is mèng 夢.

      2. Xiōng mèng 凶夢 refers to a nightmare.

      ZHOULI 3 占夢:掌其歲時,觀天地之會,辨陰陽之氣。以日月星辰占六夢之吉凶,一曰正夢,二曰噩夢,三曰思夢,四曰寤夢,五曰喜夢,六曰懼夢。季冬,聘王夢,獻吉夢于王,王拜而受之。乃舍萌于四方,以贈惡夢,遂令始難驅疫。