俊

See also: 儁 and 㑺

俊 U+4FCA, 俊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FCA ← 俉 [U+4FC9] CJK Unified Ideographs 俋 → [U+4FCB]

Translingual

Han character

俊 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈金水 (OICE), four-corner 2324₇, composition ⿰亻夋)

Derived characters

• 葰, 䈗, 𪡟, 𪶠, 𭏓, 𭵘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 674
• Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 168, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4FCA

Chinese

trad.		俊/儁/㑺
simp.		俊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俊
Small seal script s05668 Transcribed ancient scripts L36469 L36470 L36471 L36472 L36473 L22120 L22121
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
唆	*sloːl
梭	*sloːl
葰	*sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul
誜	*sroːls
朘	*ʔslon
捘	*ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun
荾	*slul
酸	*sloːn
狻	*sloːn
痠	*sloːn
鋑	*ʔslon
脧	*ʔsluːl
悛	*sʰlon
吮	*zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ
萒	*ɡronʔ, *lonʔ
沇	*lonʔ
抁	*lonʔ
馻	*lonʔ, *lunʔ
兖	*lonʔ
渷	*lonʔ
兗	*lonʔ
焌	*ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud
允	*lunʔ
狁	*lunʔ
玧	*lunʔ
俊	*ʔsluns
晙	*ʔsluns, *sluns
餕	*ʔsluns
畯	*ʔsluns
駿	*ʔsluns
竣	*sʰlun
皴	*sʰlun
逡	*sʰlun
踆	*sʰlun
夋	*sʰlun
埈	*sluns
陖	*sluns
鵕	*sluns
浚	*sluns
峻	*sluns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jùn (jun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җүн (žün, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chun

  (Hailu, HRS): zun^ˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): cóng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zong⁴ / zuong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zung³

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җүн (žün, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zeon³
    • Yale: jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chun
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sun⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zong⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceo̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zuong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chùn
    • Tâi-lô: tsùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zung³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tswinH

Rime
Character	俊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子峻切
Baxter	tswinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swinH/
Li Rong	/t͡siuĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeon3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsluns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俊
Reading #	1/1
No.	16456
Phonetic component	允
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	儁
Old Chinese	/*ʔsluns/
Notes	同儁

Definitions

俊

1. person of outstanding talent
2. unusually talented
3. good-looking; pretty; beautiful; handsome
4. a surname, Jun

Synonyms

• (good-looking):

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• 俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
• 俊秀 (jùnxiù)
• 俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
• 俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
• 奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
• 好看 (hǎokàn)
• 妖嬌 / 妖娇 (iau-kiau) (Hokkien)
• 妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
• 姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
• 嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
• 嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
• 悅目 / 悦目 (yuèmù)
• 是樣 / 是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
• 標緻 / 标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
• 清秀 (qīngxiù)
• 漂亮
• 秀媚 (xiùmèi)
• 秀美 (xiùměi)
• 秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
• 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
• 繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
• 美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
• 美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
• 耐看 (nàikàn)
• 花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
• 豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
• 邊式 / 边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
• 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)
• 鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
• 鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚2, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚2, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	靚2
	Macau	靚2
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚2
	Foshan	靚2
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚2
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚2
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚2
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚2
	Taishan	靚2
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚2
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚2
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚2
	Dongguan	靚2, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚2
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚2
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚2
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚2
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	Pingxiang	好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標
Hakka	Meixian	好看, 靚2, 靚3, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅
	Xingning	靚2
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	靚2
	Huiyang	靚2
	Huidong (Daling)	靚2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚2
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚2
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚3
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚2
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚3
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚2
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚2
	Jiexi	靚2
	Changting	靚3
	Wuping	靚3
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚3
	Liancheng	靚3
	Ninghua	靚3
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚3
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚2, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚3
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚3
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚3
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚3
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚3
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚3
	Hong Kong	靚2
	Luchuan	靚2
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚2
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚3
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Handan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好覷, 雅式, 生得好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮
	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚2
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚4, 好望
	Haikou	靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚4
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚4
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	靚2, 好覷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	㜺, 靚2
Wu	Shanghai	漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮

Compounds

• 不學長俊 / 不学长俊
• 丰神俊美
• 來俊臣 / 来俊臣
• 俊乂
• 俊俏 (jùnqiào)
• 俊俏風流 / 俊俏风流
• 俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi)
• 俊傑 / 俊杰 (jùnjié)
• 俊刮
• 俊器
• 俊士
• 俊龐兒 / 俊庞儿
• 俊彥 / 俊彦 (jùnyàn)
• 俊德 (jùndé)
• 俊拔
• 俊敏
• 俊材
• 俊民
• 俊爽
• 俊眼修眉
• 俊秀 (jùnxiù)
• 俊美 (jùnměi)
• 俊茂
• 俊逸 (jùnyì)
• 俊遊 / 俊游
• 俊邁 / 俊迈
• 俊雅
• 俊髦
• 俊鶻 / 俊鹘
• 八俊 (bājùn)
• 國俊 / 国俊
• 奇俊
• 寒俊
• 少年才俊
• 忍俊不禁 (rěnjùnbùjīn)
• 才俊 (cáijùn)
• 擦俊藥 / 擦俊药
• 旁求俊彥 / 旁求俊彦
• 清俊
• 清新俊逸
• 清麗俊逸 / 清丽俊逸
• 爽俊
• 發俊科 / 发俊科
• 翩然俊雅
• 英俊 (yīngjùn)
• 英才俊偉 / 英才俊伟
• 裴少俊
• 豪俊
• 賢俊 / 贤俊
• 長俊 / 长俊 (zhǎngjùn)
• 風流俊俏 / 风流俊俏
• 髦俊 (máojùn)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俊

俊

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sagacious
2. genius
3. excellence

Readings

• Go-on: しゅん (shun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun, Jōyō)
• Kun: すぐれる (sugureru, 俊れる)
• Nanori: すぐる (suguru)、たかし (takashi)、とし (toshi)、まさり (masari)、まさる (masaru)、よし (yoshi)

Proper noun

俊(しゅん) • (Shun) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 俊 (MC tswinH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 쥰 (cywun) (Yale: cyun) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 儁/쥰〯 (cywǔn) (Yale: cyǔn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [준(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

俊

俊 (eumhun 준걸(俊傑) 준)

1. hanja form^? of 준 (“person of outstanding talent”)
2. hanja form^? of 준 (“beautiful; handsome”)
3. hanja form^? of 준 (“a surname”)

Compounds

• 영준 (英俊, yeongjun)
• 재준 (才俊, jaejun)
• 준걸 (俊傑, jun'geol, “person of outstanding talent; hero”)
• 준수 (俊秀, junsu, “pretty; of delicate beauty”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.