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Translingual

Shinjitai
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms

Note slightly different form in Japanese, at top of right component .

Han character

(radical 149 +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿中一 (YRTLM), four-corner 04614, composition)

  1. prudent, cautious
  2. attentive

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 1178, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35850
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1642, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4010, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8B39

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*krɯːn
*kʰrɯnʔ, *kʰrɯns
*ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ
*ɡrɯn, *ɡrɯns
𥎊 *ɡrɯn
*ɡrɯns
*ɡrɯns
*ɡrɯns
*ɡrɯns
*ɡrɯns
*ɡrɯns
*ɡrɯns, *ɡɯn, *ɡɯnʔ
*ɡrɯns
*ŋɡrɯn, *ŋɡɯn
*kɯnʔ
槿 *kɯnʔ
*kɯnʔ
*kɯnʔ, *ɡɯn
*ɡɯn
*ɡɯn
*ɡɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯnʔ) : semantic  (speech) + phonetic  (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ) – to speak caution.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (57)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨnX/
Li
Rong
/kiənX/
Wang
Li
/kĭənX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jǐn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6744
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯnʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(geun) (hangeul , revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References