琨

Translingual

Han character

琨 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土日心心 (MGAPP), four-corner 1611₁, composition ⿰𤣩昆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21065
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1121, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7428

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Chinese

trad.		琨
simp. #		琨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
昆	*kuːn
琨	*kuːn
鯤	*kuːn
菎	*kuːn
崐	*kuːn
蜫	*kuːn
惃	*kuːn, *kuːnʔ
錕	*kuːn, *kuːnʔ
猑	*kuːn
騉	*kuːn
緄	*kuːnʔ
輥	*kuːnʔ
棍	*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
餛	*ɡuːn
混	*ɡuːnʔ
焜	*ɡuːnʔ
倱	*ɡuːnʔ
掍	*ɡuːnʔ
箟	*kʰrun

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūn (kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): 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: gwan¹
    • Yale: gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon

Rime
Character	琨
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	琨
Reading #	1/1
No.	7520
Phonetic component	昆
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	昆
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 琨

1. (literary) beautiful jade
2. (literary) jade ornament

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Japanese

Kanji

琨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beautiful jade
2. precious stones

Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. precious stone, gem