昆

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 See also 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 日 + 比

[edit] Han character

昆 (radical 72 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日心心 (APP), four-corner 6071₁, composition ⿱日比)

1. elder brother
2. descendants

[edit] Derived terms

• 混

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 490, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13792
• Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1489, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6606

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

昆 (Yale gwan1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

昆 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: こん (kon)
• Kun: あに (ani)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

昆 (hangeul 곤, 혼, revised gon, hon, McCune-Reischauer kon, hon, Yale kon, hon)

1. (맏형 곤, mat-hyeong-): the eldest brother

[edit] See also

• 鵾 (곤, gon) swan, among the largest birds
• 猑 (곤, gon) dog, the big one
• 鯤 (곤, gon) fish, the largest, legendary creature
• 混 (곤, gon) maybe, Huns or Hünen "giants"

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

昆 (pinyin kūn (kun1), Wade-Giles k'un¹)