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Translingual
Han character
鈞 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈一 (CPIM) or 金心一一 (CPMM), four-corner 87120, composition ⿰釒匀)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40238
- Dae Jaweon: page 1801, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4178, character 11
- Unihan data for U+921E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 枃
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*skins
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| 笉
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*skʰinʔ
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| 郇
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*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
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| 絢
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*qʰʷiːns
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| 眴
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*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
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| 盷
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*ɡʷiːn
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| 訇
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*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
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| 迿
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*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
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| 姰
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*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
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| 畇
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*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
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| 荀
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*sqʰʷin
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| 詢
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*sqʰʷin
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| 洵
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*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
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| 恂
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*sqʰʷin
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| 峋
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*sqʰʷin
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| 珣
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*sqʰʷin
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| 槆
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*sqʰʷin
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| 筍
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*sqʰʷinʔ
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| 箰
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*sqʰʷinʔ
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| 旬
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*sɢʷin
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| 殉
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*sɢʷins
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| 徇
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*sɢʷins
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| 侚
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*sɢʷins
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| 均
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*kʷin
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| 鈞
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*kʷin
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| 袀
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*kʷin
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| 汮
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*kʷin, *kʷrin
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| 呁
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*kʷins
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| 筠
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*ɡʷin
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| 荺
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*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
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| 匀
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*ɢʷin
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| 韵
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*ɢʷins
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| 輷
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*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
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| 揈
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*qʰʷreːŋ
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| 鍧
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*qʰʷreːŋ
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| 渹
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*qʰʷreːŋ
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| 赹
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*ɡʷeŋ
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| 憌
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*ɡʷeŋ
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| 惸
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*ɡʷeŋ
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| 咰
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*sqʰʷrid
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷin) : phonetic 匀 (OC *ɢʷin) + semantic 金 (“metal”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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鈞
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鈞
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jūn
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jūn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjwin ›
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‹ kjwin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʷi/
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/*C.qʷi/
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| English
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weight of 30 jīn ⽄斤
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potter"s wheel
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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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鈞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16404
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Phonetic
component
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匀
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷin/
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Definitions
鈞
- (historical) ancient unit of measure equivalent to 30 catties or 15 kilograms
- (polite) you; your
- † potter's wheel
- † tone; tune
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
鈞
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
鈞 • (gyun) (hangeul 균, revised gyun, McCune–Reischauer kyun, Yale kyun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
鈞: Hán Nôm readings: quân
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