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Translingual
Han character
雋 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人土中一尸 (OGLMS), four-corner 20227, composition ⿱隹⿲丨㇅⿰丨𠃌)
Derived characters
- 儁, 𠿘, 𡼕, 懏, 擕, 檇, 𤎱, 㻽, 臇, 𦆈(𰬹), 𧓈, 𧗔, 觹, 𰵇, 鐫(𰾹), 𩦩, 𪆳
- 𠟠, 寯, 嶲, 𦼱, 𥨣, 𧕲, 𧕣, 𢋄, 𤺻
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1366, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41996
- Dae Jaweon: page 1870, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4095, character 3
- Unihan data for U+96CB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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隽
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*zonʔ
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檇
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*zuːl, *ʔsul, *ʔsluls
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臇
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*ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ
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嶲
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*solʔ
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鐫
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*ʔson
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雋
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*zonʔ
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儁
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*ʔsuns
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寯
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*ʔsuns
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 隹 (“bird”) + 弓 (“bow”).
A bow is aiming at a bird upward.
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-s (“fat, omentum”); cognate with Tibetan ཚོ་བ (tsho ba, “fat”), Burmese ဆူ (hcu, “plump”), as well as 臇 (OC *ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ, “thick meat stew”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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雋
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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7218
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Phonetic component
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雋
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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雋
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Old Chinese
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/*zonʔ/
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Definitions
雋
- (obsolete, especially of bird meat) plump; fatty; rich; delicious
- (literary) meaningful; thought-provoking
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
雋
- (literary) Alternative form of 俊 (jùn, “one who is superior in talent; superior in talent”)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
雋
(Hyōgai kanji)
- excel
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
雋 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
雋: Hán Nôm readings: tuấn
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