槿

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槿 U+69FF, 槿
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Translingual

Han character

槿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木廿中一 (DTLM), four-corner 44914, composition ⿰木堇)

  1. (botany) a type of rose known as Chinese hibiscus, Chinese rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, shoeblackplant (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 548, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15395
  • Dae Jaweon: page 936, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1273, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+69FF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 槿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (堇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
囏 *krɯːn
螼 *kʰrɯnʔ, *kʰrɯns
堇 *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ
墐 *ɡrɯn, *ɡrɯns
𥎊 *ɡrɯn
僅 *ɡrɯns
瑾 *ɡrɯns
覲 *ɡrɯns
殣 *ɡrɯns
饉 *ɡrɯns
廑 *ɡrɯns
瘽 *ɡrɯns, *ɡɯn, *ɡɯnʔ
歏 *ɡrɯns
鄞 *ŋɡrɯn, *ŋɡɯn
謹 *kɯnʔ
槿 *kɯnʔ
漌 *kɯnʔ
慬 *kɯnʔ, *ɡɯn
勤 *ɡɯn
懃 *ɡɯn
懄 *ɡɯn

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 槿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 欣 (57)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居隱切
Baxter kj+nX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨnX/
Li
Rong 		/kiənX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gan2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 槿
Reading # 1/1
No. 6745
Phonetic
component 		堇
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		謹
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯnʔ/

Definitions

槿

  1. hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

槿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: こん (kon)
  • Kan-on: きん (kin)
  • Kun: むくげ (mukuge, 槿)、あさがお (asagao, 槿)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
槿
むくげ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 槿 – see the following entry.
【むくげムクゲ】
hibiscus; rose of Sharon
Alternative spelling
木槿
(This term, 槿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

槿 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune–Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

槿: Hán Nôm readings: cẩn

  1. Chinese hibiscus, Chinese rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, shoeblackplant
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