鯀

鯀

See also: 鲧

鯀 U+9BC0, 鯀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BC0 ← 鮿 [U+9BBF] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯁 → [U+9BC1]

Translingual

Han character

鯀 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹女火 (NFHVF), four-corner 2239₃, composition ⿰魚系)

Derived characters

• 䧰, 𤄏

References

• KangXi: page 1471, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46168
• Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4692, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9BC0

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Chinese

trad.		鯀
simp.		鲧
alternative forms		鮌 鰥／鳏 𩩌 𩨬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鯀
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Etymology

Same word as 鮌 and 鯤 (OC *kuːn) (Schuessler, 2009), the latter of which is possibly related to 鵾 (“large bird”) (Liu, 1999).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔn (gun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔn
    • Wade–Giles: kun³
    • Yale: gwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goen
    • Palladius: гунь (gunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan²
    • Yale: gwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuən^X/

Rime
Character	鯀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古本切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuənX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuonX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwənX/
Li Rong	/kuənX/
Wang Li	/kuənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯀
Reading #	1/1
No.	4751
Phonetic component	鯀
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩩌
Old Chinese	/*kuːnʔ/

Definitions

鯀

1. ^‡ giant fish
2. (Chinese mythology) Gun (the father of Yu the Great)

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Japanese

Kanji

鯀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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