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Translingual
Han character
琨 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土日心心 (MGAPP), four-corner 16111, composition ⿰𤣩昆)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21065
- Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1121, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7428
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 昆
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*kuːn
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| 琨
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*kuːn
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| 鯤
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*kuːn
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| 菎
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*kuːn
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| 崐
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*kuːn
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| 蜫
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*kuːn
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| 惃
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*kuːn, *kuːnʔ
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| 錕
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*kuːn, *kuːnʔ
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| 猑
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*kuːn
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| 騉
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*kuːn
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| 緄
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*kuːnʔ
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| 輥
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*kuːnʔ
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| 棍
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*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
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| 餛
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*ɡuːn
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| 混
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*ɡuːnʔ
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| 焜
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*ɡuːnʔ
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| 倱
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*ɡuːnʔ
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| 掍
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*ɡuːnʔ
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| 箟
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*kʰrun
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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琨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7520
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Phonetic
component
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昆
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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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昆
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Old
Chinese
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/*kuːn/
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Definitions
琨
- (literary) beautiful jade
- (literary) jade ornament
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
琨
(Hyōgai kanji)
- beautiful jade
- precious stones
Readings
Korean
Hanja
琨 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon, Yale kon)
- precious stone, gem