巽

See also: 巺

Translingual

Han character

巽 (radical 49 己+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口山廿金 (RUTC), four-corner 7780₁, composition ⿱⿰巳巳共)

1. fifth of the eight trigrams
2. southeast
3. mild, modest, obedient
4. 57th hexagram of the I Ching

References

• KangXi: page 327, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8765
• Dae Jaweon: page 631, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 987, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5DFD

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		巽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùn, zhuàn (xun⁴, zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ, ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
• Min Nan (POJ): sùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsün⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chuan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
    • Tâi-lô: sùn
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (巽, reconstructed)
Character (巽), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 魂 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 蘇困切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/suənH/	/suənH/	/suənH/	/suonH/	/swənH/	/suənH/	/suənH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (巽, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
巽					14170					巽					文					2					巽					/*sqʰuːns/

References

• Open Dictionary Network - Min Nan Dictionary (kaifangcidian.com)

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Japanese

Kanji

巽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. southeast

Readings

• On: そん (son)
• Kun: たつみ (tatsumi)

Noun

巽 (hiragana たつみ, romaji tatsumi)

1. (obsolete) southeast

Proper noun

巽 (hiragana たつみ, romaji Tatsumi)

1. A surname​.

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Korean

Hanja

巽 (son) (hangeul 손, revised son, McCune-Reischauer son)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巽 (tốn, rốn, lún dức)

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