雋

See also: 隽

雋 U+96CB, 雋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96CB ← 雊 [U+96CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 雌 → [U+96CC]

Translingual

Han character

雋 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人土中一尸 (OGLMS), four-corner 2022₇, composition ⿱隹⿲丨㇅⿰丨𠃌)

Derived characters

• 儁, 𠿘, 𡼕, 懏, 擕, 檇, 𤎱, 㻽, 臇, 𦆈(𰬹), 𧓈, 𧗔, 觹, 𰵇, 鐫(𰾹), 𩦩, 𪆳
• 𠟠, 寯, 嶲, 𦼱, 𥨣, 𧕲, 𧕣, 𢋄, 𤺻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1366, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41996
• Dae Jaweon: page 1870, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4095, character 3
• Unihan data for U+96CB

Chinese

trad.		雋/隽
simp.		隽
alternative forms		𮥼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (雋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
隽	*zonʔ
檇	*zuːl, *ʔsul, *ʔsluls
臇	*ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ
嶲	*solʔ
鐫	*ʔson
雋	*zonʔ
儁	*ʔsuns
寯	*ʔsuns

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 隹 (“bird”) + 弓 (“bow”).

A bow is aiming at a bird upward.

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-s (“fat, omentum”); cognate with Tibetan ཚོ་བ (tsho ba, “fat”), Burmese ဆူ (hcu, “plump”), as well as 臇 (OC *ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ, “thick meat stew”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁵ / cyun⁵ / zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
    • Yale: jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syun⁵ / cyun⁵ / zeon³
    • Yale: syúhn / chyúhn / jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁵ / tsyn⁵ / dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁵ / qun⁵ / zên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn¹³/, /t͡sʰyːn¹³/, /t͡sɵn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjwenX

Rime
Character	雋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徂兖切
Baxter	dzjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwianX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuɛnX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zonʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7218
Phonetic component	雋
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	雋
Old Chinese	/*zonʔ/

Definitions

雋

1. (obsolete, especially of bird meat) plump; fatty; rich; delicious
2. (literary) meaningful; thought-provoking
3. a surname

Compounds

• 清新雋永 / 清新隽永
• 雋永 / 隽永 (juànyǒng)
• 雋爽 / 隽爽
• 雋語 / 隽语 (juànyǔ)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùn (jun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùn
    • Wade–Giles: chün⁴
    • Yale: jyùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunn
    • Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵¹/

Definitions

雋

1. (literary) Alternative form of 俊 (jùn, “one who is superior in talent; superior in talent”)

Compounds

• 得雋 / 得隽
• 雋拔 / 隽拔
• 雋朗 / 隽朗
• 雋楚 / 隽楚
• 雋譽 / 隽誉

References

• “雋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

雋

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. excel

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、しゅん (shun)
• Kun: すぐれる (sugureru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 英雋 (えいしゅん, eishūn)

Korean

Hanja

雋 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雋: Hán Nôm readings: tuấn

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