丨

See also: ㇑ [U+31D1 CJK STROKE S], 一 [U+4E00 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E00], ∣ [U+2223 DIVIDES], ׀ [U+05C0 HEBREW PUNCTUATION PASEQ], ǀ [U+01C0 LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK], 〡 [U+3021 HANGZHOU NUMERAL ONE], ㆳ [U+31B3 BOPOMOFO LETTER INNN], ㅣ [U+3163 HANGUL LETTER I], and | [U+007C VERTICAL LINE]

丨 U+4E28, 丨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E28 ← 丧 [U+4E27] CJK Unified Ideographs 丩 → [U+4E29]

⼁ U+2F01, ⼁ KANGXI RADICAL LINE ← ⼀ [U+2F00] Kangxi Radicals ⼂ → [U+2F02]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

丨 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 中 (L) or 難中 (XL))

1. Kangxi radical #2, ⼁.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №10

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/丨
• 引, 旧, 頥, 䇂

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 67
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 45
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E28

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

According to Shuowen Jiezi, it's the pictogram of a vertical wooden stick. It appears in the original version of 朕, which originally meant "to mend a boat", and in 尹, in which the stick symbolizes authority.

However, as a component of the Chinese characters, it can represent a vast variety of things other than sticks.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔn (gun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kún

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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): /ku̯ən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan²
    • Yale: gwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kun
    • Hakka Romanization System: gun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kun⁵⁵/
• 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: kwonX

Rime
Character	丨
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
Baxter	kwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuənX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuonX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwənX/
Li Rong	/kuənX/
Wang Li	/kuənX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丨
Reading #	1/1
No.	4750
Phonetic component	丨
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩩌
Old Chinese	/*kuːnʔ/

Definitions

丨

1. ^‡ be through up and down

Japanese

Kanji

丨

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. "rod" radical (ぼう (bō), たてぼう (tatebō))
2. number one
3. line

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)、し (shi)、にょ (nyo)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)、し (shi)、じょ (jo)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu, 丨む)、しりぞく (shirizoku, 丨く)

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

丨 (eumhun 뚫을 곤 (ttureul gon))

1. pierce
2. go through

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丨

Vietnamese

Han character

丨: Hán Việt readings: cổn
丨: Nôm readings: cổn

Noun

丨

1. chữ Hán form of cổn (“Kangxi radical 2 - ‘line’, ‘rod’”).

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

References

• Nom Foundation