郇

郇 U+90C7, 郇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90C7 ← 郆 [U+90C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 郈 → [U+90C8]

Translingual

Han character

郇 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 心日弓中 (PANL), four-corner 2762₇, composition ⿰旬阝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1271, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39385
• Dae Jaweon: page 1769, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3769, character 3
• Unihan data for U+90C7

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀	*ɢʷin
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin): phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin) + semantic 邑 (“state; city”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		郇
alternative forms		𨜬 𨝁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xún (Xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sun²
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sùng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song² / suong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sun / Sûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syún
    • Wade–Giles: Hsün²
    • Yale: Syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyun
    • Palladius: Сюнь (Sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon¹
    • Yale: sēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: song²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: suong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuoŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sun
    • Tâi-lô: Sun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: swn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sûn
    • Tâi-lô: Sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swin

Rime
Character	郇
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相倫切
Baxter	swin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swin/
Li Rong	/siuĕn/
Wang Li	/sĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郇
Reading #	2/2
No.	16387
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	荀
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷin/

Definitions

郇

1. (～國) Xun (feudal state during the Zhou dynasty, in modern southern Shanxi, China)
2. a surname

Compounds

• 郇廚 / 郇厨

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		郇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huán (Huan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fan²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang² / huong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ / huêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huán
    • Wade–Giles: Huan²
    • Yale: Hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwan
    • Palladius: Хуань (Xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waan⁴
    • Yale: wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fan²
    • Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huang²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: huáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoân
    • Tâi-lô: Huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /huan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ / huêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng / huêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/, /hueŋ⁵⁵/

Note: huêng5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: hwaen

Rime
Character	郇
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸關切
Baxter	hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣuan/
Wang Li	/ɣwan/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷreːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郇
Reading #	1/2
No.	16373
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	還
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷreːn/

Definitions

郇

1. a surname

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		郇

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xún (Xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syún
    • Wade–Giles: Hsün²
    • Yale: Syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyun
    • Palladius: Сюнь (Sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon¹
    • Yale: sēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sûn
    • Tâi-lô: Sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/

Definitions

郇

1. (dated or dialectal) Zion
   • 1855, 舊約全書, Hong Kong: 英華書院, 撒母耳記下卷 [2 Samuel] 5:7:

     大闢取郇險要之所、更其邑名、以己名稱之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     大辟取郇险要之所、更其邑名、以己名称之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     Dàpì qǔ Xún xiǎnyào zhī suǒ, gēng qí yì míng, yǐ jǐ míng chēng zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1873, 潮音神詩, Hong Kong: 印務總局, page 64v:

     福音流行自郇及萬國 [Teochew, trad.]
     福音流行自郇及万国 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1882, 馬太福音傳：羊城土話, Canton: 大美國聖經會, Matthew 21:5:

     告過郇嘅女知、話、你嘅王嚟到你處、好温柔、𮪍住隻驢、與及小驢、卽係𧴯重野嘅個仔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     告过郇嘅女知、话、你嘅王嚟到你处、好温柔、骑住只驴、与及小驴、即系𧴯重野嘅个仔。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     gou³ gwo³ seon¹ ge³ neoi^5-2 zi¹, waa⁶, nei⁵ ge³ wong⁴ lai⁴ dou³ nei⁵ cyu³, hou² wan¹ jau⁴, ke⁴ zyu⁶ zek³ leoi⁴, jyu⁵ kap⁶ siu² leoi⁴, zik¹ hai⁶ me¹ cung⁵ je⁵ ge³ go³ zai². [Jyutping]

     Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

   • 1919, 新舊約全書：文理和合譯本 [Wenli Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: British & Foreign Bible Society, 詩篇 [Psalm] 9:11:

     居郇之耶和華、宜歌頌之、宣其作爲於諸民兮 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     居郇之耶和华、宜歌颂之、宣其作为于诸民兮 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     Jū Xún zhī Yēhéhuá, yí gēsòng zhī, xuān qí zuòwéi yú zhūmín xī [Pinyin]

     Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

   • 1934, Samuel F. Smith, translated by 楊蔭瀏, “萬民奮興歌 [The Morning Light Is Breaking]”, in The Union Hymnal Committee, editor, 普天頌讚 [Hymns of Universal Praise], Shanghai: The Christian Literature Society of China, published 1936, hymn #224:

     吹過海面的和風，帶到遠方消息，報道萬民都奮興，預備郇城克敵。 [MSC, trad.]
     吹过海面的和风，带到远方消息，报道万民都奋兴，预备郇城克敌。 [MSC, simp.]

     Chuī guò hǎimiàn de héfēng, dài dào yuǎnfāng xiāoxi, bào dào wànmín dōu fènxīng, yùbèi Xún chéng kèdí. [Pinyin]

     Each breeze that sweeps the ocean brings tidings from afar of nations in commotion, prepared for Zion’s war.

   • 1936, 蘇振輝 [So͘ Chín-hui], “KIRN”, in 臺灣クリスト長老教會大會聖詩編輯部, editor, 聖詩, Tamsui: 陳清忠, song 44; republished as “在昔在郇城 [Chāi-chá tī Sûn-siâⁿ, In the city of Zion]”, in 臺灣基督長老教會音樂委員會, editor, 聖詩, Tainan: 人光出版社, 1964, →ISBN, song 128:

     在昔在郇城，各各他的山頂，歸群人及兵丁，看見主受釘。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     在昔在郇城，各各他的山顶，归群人及兵丁，看见主受钉。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Chāi-chá tī Sûn-siâⁿ, Kok-kok-thaⁿ ê soaⁿ-téng, Kui kûn lâng kap peng-teng, Khòaⁿ-kìⁿ Chú siū tèng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Terms for Zion in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	錫安, 郇 dated or dialectal
Roman Catholic	熙雍

References

• “郇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “郇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

Japanese

Kanji

郇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅん (shun)、かん (kan)