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Translingual
Han character
窘 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十金尸大口 (JCSKR), four-corner 30607, composition ⿱穴君)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25519
- Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2732, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7A98
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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涒
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*l̥ʰuːn
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麏
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*krun
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莙
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*krun, *ɡrunʔ, *klun
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輑
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*kʰrun
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蜠
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*kʰrun, *ɡrunʔ
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峮
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*kʰrun
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窘
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*ɡrunʔ
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僒
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*ɡrunʔ
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君
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*klun
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桾
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*klun
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宭
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*klun, *ɡlun
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鮶
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*klun
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捃
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*kluns
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群
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*ɡlun
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羣
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*ɡlun
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裙
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*ɡlun
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裠
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*ɡlun
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帬
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*ɡlun
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焄
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*qʰlun
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郡
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*ɡluns
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): jiǒng, jǔn (jiong3, jun3)
- (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ, ㄐㄩㄣˇ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jun3
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kwan3 / kwan5 / gwan6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): gun4
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): khiún
- (Meixian, Guangdong): giun3
- Eastern Min (BUC): gē̤ng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): kūn / kǔn / khún
- (Teochew, Peng'im): kung2 / kug4 / giong2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5chiun
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyn4
Note: kwan5, gwan6 - uncommon.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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窘
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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7285
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Phonetic component
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君
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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窘
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡrunʔ/
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Notes
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原列軫韻
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Definitions
窘
- embarrassed
- hard-pressed
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
窘
(Hyōgai kanji)
- rebuke
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
窘 (eum 군 (gun))
- embarrassed
- hard-pressed
Vietnamese
Han character
窘: Hán Nôm readings: quẫn
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