菎

菎 U+83CE, 菎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83CE ← 菍 [U+83CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 菏 → [U+83CF]

Translingual

Han character

菎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿日心心 (TAPP), four-corner 4471₁, composition ⿱艹昆)

1. beautiful jade
2. bamboo

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1037, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31160
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3233, character 11
• Unihan data for U+83CE

Chinese

trad.		菎
simp. #		菎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
昆	*kuːn
琨	*kuːn
鯤	*kuːn
菎	*kuːn
崐	*kuːn
蜫	*kuːn
惃	*kuːn, *kuːnʔ
錕	*kuːn, *kuːnʔ
猑	*kuːn
騉	*kuːn
緄	*kuːnʔ
輥	*kuːnʔ
棍	*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
餛	*ɡuːn
混	*ɡuːnʔ
焜	*ɡuːnʔ
倱	*ɡuːnʔ
掍	*ɡuːnʔ
箟	*kʰrun

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūn (kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹
    • Yale: kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuen
    • Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwan¹
    • Yale: kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon

Rime
Character	菎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古渾切
Baxter	kwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/
Li Rong	/kuən/
Wang Li	/kuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菎
Reading #	1/1
No.	7522
Phonetic component	昆
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	昆
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/

Definitions

菎

1. alternative form of 琨 (kūn)
2. used in 菎蕗

Compounds

• 菎蕗
• 菎蔽

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 菎

菎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)