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Attested as 鞬 (MC kjon) in Book of Zhou, as part of a compound word.
Attested primarily in compounds as コニ(*koni) or sometimes コ(*ko) in kana glosses to the Nihon Shoki. コニ(*koni) may be a transcription of *k(j)ə-n because Old Japanese lacked coda *-n, or alternatively a transcription of the sequence *k(j)ə-n i "the great one"; compare Middle Korean크〮니〮(khún í, “the great one”). Also attested in the original text as 琨 (MC kwon).
Perhaps also attested as 近 (MC gj+nX|gj+nH), an element in the titles of several Baekje kings: 近肖古王(Geun-Chogo-wang), 近仇首王(Geun-Gusu-wang), etc. These titles are also attested in forms that lack 近, showing that it is a separate, detachable element.
John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research, volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443
Alexander Vovin (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics, volume 15, number 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 222—240