巽

See also: 巺 and ☴

巽 U+5DFD, 巽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DFD ← 巼 [U+5DFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 巾 → [U+5DFE]

巽 U+2F884, 巽 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F884 ← 㠯 [U+2F883] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 帨 → [U+2F885]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		巽
alternative forms		巺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撰	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ
饌	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons
譔	*skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	*sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	*sqʰons, *sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	*sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun
襈	*sɡrons, *ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
    • Tâi-lô: sùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /suən^H/

Rime
Character	巽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇困切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suənH/
Pan Wuyun	/suonH/
Shao Rongfen	/suənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swənH/
Li Rong	/suənH/
Wang Li	/suənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/suənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰuːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巽
Reading #	1/1
No.	14170
Phonetic component	巽
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	巽
Old Chinese	/*sqʰuːns/

Definitions

巽

1. the fifth of the eight trigrams
2. the 57th of the 64 hexagrams
3. obedient
4. modest

Compounds

• 巽二
• 巽他海峽／巽他海峡

• 巽他群島／巽他群岛 (Xùntā Qúndǎo)
• 巽令

• 巽言

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Japanese

Kanji

巽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. southeast

Readings

• On (unclassified): そん (son)
• Kun: たつみ (tatsumi, 巽)

Etymology

辰 (tatsu) +‎ 巳 (mi)

Noun

巽(たつみ) • (tatsumi) 

1. (obsolete) southeast

Proper noun

巽(たつみ) • (Tatsumi) 

1. A surname.

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Korean

Hanja

巽 (eumhun 부드러울 손 (budeureoul son))

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Vietnamese

Han character

巽: Hán Nôm readings: tốn, rốn, lún dức

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