䖵

䖵 U+45B5, 䖵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-45B5 ← 䖴 [U+45B4] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䖶 → [U+45B6]

Translingual

Han character

䖵 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中一戈 (LILMI), composition ⿰虫虫)

1. (same as 蜫) insects

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 2
• Unihan data for U+45B5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䖵
alternative forms		蜫

Glyph Origin

Historical forms of the character 䖵
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūn (kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ / kwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹
    • Yale: kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuen
    • Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• 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/

Note:

• gwan1 - literary;
• kwan1 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: kwon

Rime
Character	䖵
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
Baxter	kwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/
Li Rong	/kuən/
Wang Li	/kuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1

Definitions

䖵

1. (= 昆 (kūn)) insects

   • 䖵：蟲之總名也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     䖵：虫之总名也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi

     Kūn: chóng zhī zǒng míng yě. [Pinyin]

     [The character] 䖵: the generic term for insects.

Korean

Hanja

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

1. insects