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See also:
U+88D9, 裙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88D9

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 145, +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中尸大口 (LSKR), four-corner 37267, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1117, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34314
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1583, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3095, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+88D9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡlun) : semantic (clothing) + phonetic (OC *klun).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gun/
Li
Rong
/ɡiuən/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kwan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qún
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*u/
English skirt

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7297
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡlun/
Notes

Definitions

  1. skirt; apron; dress; petticoat (Classifier: c)

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: quần ()

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. hem, cuff

Readings

  • Go-on: ぐん (gun)
  • Kan-on: くん (kun)
  • Kun: もすそ (mosuso, )

Etymology

Kanji in this term
くん
Hyōgai
kan'on

Noun

(くん) (kun

  1. hip-wrapped under-skirt worn as part of clerical attire
    Synonym: 裙子 (kunsu)

See also

Korean

Hanja

(gun) (hangeul , revised gun, McCune–Reischauer kun, Yale kwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: quần

  1. pants