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Translingual
Han character
淳 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口木 (EYRD), four-corner 30147, composition ⿰氵享)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17690
- Dae Jaweon: page 1035, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1658, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6DF3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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弴
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*tjuː, *tuːn
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敦
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*tuːl, *doːn, *tuːn, *tuːns
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錞
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*duːlʔ, *duːls, *djun
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憝
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*duːls
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憞
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*duːls
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譈
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*duːls
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鐓
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*duːls
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鷻
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*doːn
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鶉
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*doːn, *djun
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惇
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*tuːn, *tjun
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墩
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*tuːn
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驐
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*tuːn
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燉
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*tuːns, *tʰuːn, *duːn
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焞
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*tʰuːn, *djun
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啍
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*tʰuːn, *duːn
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暾
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*tʰuːn
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噋
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*tʰuːn, *kʰʷaːɡ
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諄
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*tjun, *tjuns
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埻
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*tjunʔ, *kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
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稕
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*tjuns
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醇
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*djun
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淳
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*djun
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犉
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*njun
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *djun) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 𦎧 ().
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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淳
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淳
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淳
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Reading #
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1/5
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2/5
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3/5
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chún
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chún
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chún
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzywin ›
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‹ dzywin ›
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‹ dzywin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*u/
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/*u/
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/*u/
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English
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a pair
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simple, unadorned
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ample
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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淳
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2617
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Phonetic component
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敦
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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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純
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Old Chinese
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/*djun/
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Definitions
淳
- (of taste) thick
- honest
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
淳
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- pure
Readings
Proper noun
淳 or 淳 or 淳 • (Atsushi or Jun or Kiyoshi)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
淳 • (sun, jun) (hangeul 순, 준, revised sun, jun, McCune–Reischauer sun, chun, Yale swun, cwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
淳: Hán Nôm readings: thuần
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