壼
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Translingual
Han character
壼 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土月一一 (GBMM), four-corner 40107, composition ⿳士冖亞)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5667
- Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 476, character 5
- Unihan data for U+58FC
Chinese
| trad. | 壼 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 壸 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǔn
- Wade–Giles: kʻun3
- Yale: kwǔn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koen
- Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kwan2
- Yale: kwán
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwan2
- Guangdong Romanization: kuen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: khwonX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːnʔ/
Definitions
壼 (literary)
- palace corridor or passageway
- (figuratively) inner palace; women's inner chamber
- (figuratively) woman; wife
Compounds
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00599
- “壼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
壼
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Readings
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
壼 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer gon)
- Court corridor (in a context for implying a woman's domain such as in 閨壼, an inner chamber)
- Symbolism for a place to stay (=居)
Vietnamese
Han character
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