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Translingual
Han character
舜 (Kangxi radical 136, 舛+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月月弓手 (BBNQ), four-corner 20252, composition ⿳爫冖舛)
Derived characters
- 僢, 𫫰, 𡡞, 䢬, 𣊬, 橓, 𬋊, 𤩥, 瞬, 𬧓, 𤯷, 𦨁, 䑟, 䴄, 蕣
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1008, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30339
- Dae Jaweon: page 1465, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2035, character 2
- Unihan data for U+821C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 舛
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*tʰjonʔ
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| 荈
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*tʰjonʔ
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| 僢
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*l̥ʰjunʔ
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| 舜
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*hljuns
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| 瞬
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*hljuns
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| 蕣
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*hljuns
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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舜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shùn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sywinH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*u-s/
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| English
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Hibiscus
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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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舜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1643
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Phonetic
component
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舛
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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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舜
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljuns/
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Definitions
舜
- Emperor Shun, legendary ruler of ancient China
- (alt. form 蕣) Hibiscus syriacus
- Synonym: 木槿 (mùjǐn)
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
舜
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
舜 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
舜: Hán Nôm readings: thuấn
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