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U+56F0, 困
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F0

[U+56EF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+56F1]

Translingual

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Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 31, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田木 (WD) or 難田木 (XWD), four-corner 60904, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4717
  • Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 714, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+56F0

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (surround) + (wood). Probably the original form of (OC *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”) and (OC *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”).

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Note: wan3 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwənH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuənH/
Wang
Li
/kʰuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fan3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kùn
Middle
Chinese
‹ khwonH ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʰˁu[n]-s/
English obstruct; distress

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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. 7554
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːns/

Definitions

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  1. to surround; to besiege
  2. to be surrounded; to be trapped
    𨋢 [Cantonese]  ―  wan3 lip1 [Jyutping]  ―  to be trapped in an elevator
  3. (Cantonese) to lock up; to detain
  4. difficult
  5. 47th hexagram of the I Ching
  6. (Teochew, Hainanese) hungry
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“sleepy; tired; to sleep”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. trouble

Readings

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  • Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
  • Kun: こまる (komaru, 困る, Jōyō)くるしむ (kurushimu, 困しむ)

Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 괴로울 (goeroul gon))

  1. hanja form? of (suffer)
  2. hanja form? of (surround, besiege)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: khốn, khuôn

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