鈞

鈞

See also: 钧

鈞 U+921E, 鈞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-921E ← 鈝 [U+921D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈟 → [U+921F]

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: 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
• Min Nan

  (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan¹, kwan¹
    • Yale: gwān, kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹, kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹, kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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: /kiuɪn/

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
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

鈞

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

Compounds

一髮千鈞／一发千钧 (yīfàqiānjūn) 千鈞／千钧 千鈞一髮／千钧一发 (qiānjūnyīfà) 千鈞重負／千钧重负 大鈞／大钧 廣鈞／广钧 權鈞力齊／权钧力齐 洪鈞／洪钧 片石千鈞／片石千钧 秉鈞／秉钧 筆力萬鈞／笔力万钧 萬鈞／万钧 (wànjūn) 鈞令／钧令 鈞命／钧命 鈞啟／钧启

鈞天／钧天 鈞天夢／钧天梦 鈞天廣樂／钧天广乐 鈞天樂／钧天乐 鈞威／钧威 鈞安／钧安 鈞容直／钧容直 鈞州窯／钧州窑 鈞帖／钧帖 鈞座／钧座 鈞意／钧意 (jūnyì) 鈞旋轂轉／钧旋毂转 鈞旨／钧旨 鈞樞／钧枢

鈞瓷／钧瓷 鈞窯／钧窑 鈞覆／钧覆 鈞語／钧语 鈞諭／钧谕 鈞軸／钧轴 鈞部／钧部 鈞鑒／钧鉴 鈞長／钧长 鈞陶／钧陶 鈞顏／钧颜 陶鈞／陶钧 (táojūn) 雷霆萬鈞／雷霆万钧 (léitíngwànjūn) 髮引千鈞／发引千钧

References

• “鈞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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)
• Nanori: ひとし (hitoshi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鈞: Hán Nôm readings: quân

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