崑

崑

See also: 崐 and 昆

崑 U+5D11, 崑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D11 ← 崐 [U+5D10] CJK Unified Ideographs 崒 → [U+5D12]

Translingual

Han character

崑 (radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山日心心 (UAPP), four-corner 2271₁, composition ⿱山昆)

References

• KangXi: page 314, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8173
• Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 779, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5D11

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Chinese

trad.		崑/昆*
simp.		昆*
variant forms		崐

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kuːn) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 昆 (OC *kuːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kūn (Kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹, gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Kūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: k'un¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuen
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹, gwan¹
    • Yale: kwān, gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹, gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹, guen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuən/▼

Rime
Character	崑
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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崑
Reading #	1/1
No.	7523
Phonetic component	昆
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	昆
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

崑

1. Only used in 崑崙／昆仑 (Kūnlún) and related terms.

Compounds

崑劇／昆剧 (kūnjù) 崑山／昆山 (Kūnshān) 崑山片玉／昆山片玉 崑山玉／昆山玉 崑山腔／昆山腔 (kūnshānqiāng) 崑岡／昆冈

崑崙／昆仑 (Kūnlún) 崑崙奴／昆仑奴 崑崙奴傳／昆仑奴传 崑崙山／昆仑山 (Kūnlún Shān) 崑崙山脈／昆仑山脉

崑曲／昆曲 (kūnqǔ) 崑玉／昆玉 崑腔／昆腔 (kūnqiāng) 西崑／西昆 西崑體／西昆体

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Japanese

Kanji

崑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

崑 (côn, kon)

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