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崑崙

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (崑崙/昆侖*) / /
simp. (昆仑*)
alternative forms 崐崘
崑崘
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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication”)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (55) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter kwon lwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuən/ /luən/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuon/ /luon/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuən/ /luən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwən/ /lwən/
Li
Rong
/kuən/ /luən/
Wang
Li
/kuən/ /luən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuən/ /luən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gūn lún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwan1 leon4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7523 8650
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuːn/ /*ruːn/
Notes

Proper noun

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崑崙

  1. (~山) Kunlun Mountains (a mountain range in Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet in China)
  2. (mythology) Kunlun (a mountain in Chinese mythology)
  3. () Kunlun Pass (a mountain pass in Guangxi, China)
  4. (historical) an area including southern Indochina and Southeast Asian islands
  5. () Côn Sơn Island (an island in Vietnam)

Noun

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崑崙

  1. (Classical) Short for 崑崙奴昆仑奴 (kūnlúnnú).
  2. (Classical) black people
  3. (Taoism) head
  4. (Classical) navel

Derived terms

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