鈞

See also: 钧

Translingual

Han character

鈞 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈一 (CPIM) or 金心一一 (CPMM), four-corner 8712₀, composition ⿰金匀)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40238
• Dae Jaweon: page 1801, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4178, character 11
• Unihan data for U+921E

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Chinese

trad.		鈞
simp.		钧

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūn (jun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ / kwan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyun
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiun
    • Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan¹ / kwan¹
    • Yale: gwān / kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ / kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ / kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
    • Tâi-lô: kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
    • Tâi-lô: kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwin

Rime
Character	鈞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居勻切
Baxter	kjwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwin/
Li Rong	/kiuĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鈞	鈞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jūn	jūn
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwin ›	‹ kjwin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷi[n]/	/*C.qʷi[n]/
English	weight of 30 jīn ⽄斤	potter"s wheel
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	鈞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16404
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷin/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈞

1. ancient unit of measure equivalent to 30 catties or 15 kilograms
2. (polite) you; your
3. ^† potter's wheel
4. ^† tone; tune

References

• “鈞”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

鈞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin)
• Kun: ひとしい (hitoshii)

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Korean

Hanja

鈞 • (gyun) (hangeul 균, revised gyun, McCune–Reischauer kyun, Yale kyun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鈞 (quân)

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