勲

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See also: 勳
勲 U+52F2, 勲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F2
← 勱
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勳 →

Translingual

Traditional 勛
Simplified 勋
Japanese 勲
Korean 勳

Han character

勲 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸火 (HSF), composition ⿱動灬(GTJK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 149, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2463
  • Dae Jaweon: page 337, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 381, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+52F2

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 勲 – see 勛 (“meritorious deed; merits; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 勛).

Japanese

Shinjitai

勲

Kyūjitai

勳

Kanji

勲

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勳)

Readings

  • Go-on: くん (kun, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: くん (kun, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いさお (isao, 勲)←いさを (isawo, 勲, historical)

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
勲
くん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
勳 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 勲 (MC xjun).

Pronunciation

Noun

勲(くん) • (kun) ←くん (kun)?

  1. merit
  2. the class of an order of merit
    勲(くん)一(いっ)等(とう)旭(きょく)日(じつ)大(だい)綬(じゅ)章(しょう)
    kun-ittō Kyokujitsu Daijushō
    Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, first class

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
勲
いさお
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
勳 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 勲 – see the following entry.
【いさお】
(literary) accomplishment; achievement; distinguished service
功, 勲, 勲男, 勇雄: a male given name
Alternative spellings
功, 勲男, 勇雄
(This term, 勲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

勲 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, revised hun, McCune–Reischauer hun)

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