昆仲

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Chinese

descendant; elder brother 2nd in seniority
trad. (昆仲)
simp. #(昆仲)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (11)
Final () (55) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kwon drjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuən/ /ɖɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuon/ /ɖiuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuən/ /ȡiuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwən/ /ɖuwŋH/
Li
Rong
/kuən/ /ȡiuŋH/
Wang
Li
/kuən/ /ȡĭuŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuən/ /ȡʱi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gūn zhòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwan1 zung6

Noun

昆仲

  1. (archaic) elder and younger brothers; brothers

Synonyms