䫀

䫀 U+4AC0, 䫀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4AC0 ← 䪿 [U+4ABF] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䫁 → [U+4AC1]

Translingual

Han character

䫀 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日戈一月金 (AIMBC), composition ⿰艮頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1402, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4371, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4AC0

Chinese

trad.		䫀
simp.		𫖱
alternative forms		𩓓 𩒝 𩑡

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěn (gen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěn
    • Wade–Giles: kên³
    • Yale: gěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geen
    • Palladius: гэнь (gɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən²¹⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún
    • Tâi-lô: kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: konX, tenX

Rime
Character	䫀	䫀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古很切	多殄切
Baxter	konX	tenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kənX/	/tenX/
Pan Wuyun	/kənX/	/tenX/
Shao Rongfen	/kənX/	/tɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kənX/	/tɛnX/
Li Rong	/kənX/	/tenX/
Wang Li	/kənX/	/tienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kənX/	/tienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěn	diǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan2	din2

Definitions

䫀

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) end of the lower jaw behind the cheeks
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) having high cheekbones
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend one's head; to lower one's head
4. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 頸 / 颈 (kún), used in 頷䫀／颔𫖱 (“neck”).