崑

See also: 崐 and 昆

Translingual

Han character

崑 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山日心心 (UAPP), four-corner 2271₁, composition ⿱山昆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 314, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8173
• Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 779, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5D11

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Chinese

trad.		崑/昆*
simp.		昆*
alternative forms		崐／昆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 崑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kuːn) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 昆 (OC *kuːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kūn (Kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ / gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kun
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻun¹
    • Yale: Kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuen
    • Palladius: Кунь (Kunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ / gwan¹
    • Yale: kwān / gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ / gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ / guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon

Rime
Character	崑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古渾切
Baxter	kwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/
Li Rong	/kuən/
Wang Li	/kuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崑
Reading #	1/1
No.	7523
Phonetic component	昆
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	昆
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 崑

1. Only used in 崑崙／昆仑 (Kūnlún) and related terms.

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Japanese

Kanji

崑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon)

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Korean

Hanja

崑 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 崑 (côn, kon)

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