鈞

See also: 钧

鈞 U+921E, 鈞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-921E ← 鈝 [U+921D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈟 → [U+921F]

Translingual

Han character

鈞 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈一 (CPIM) or 金心一一 (CPMM), four-corner 8712₀, composition ⿰釒匀)

Derived characters

• 憌 𥳾 𫉟 𫱳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40238
• Dae Jaweon: page 1801, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4178, character 11
• Unihan data for U+921E

Chinese

trad.		鈞
simp.		钧

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀	*ɢʷin
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷin): phonetic 匀 (OC *ɢʷin) + semantic 金 (“metal”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	鈞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居勻切
Baxter	kjwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwin/
Li Rong	/kiuĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鈞	鈞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jūn	jūn
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwin ›	‹ kjwin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷi[n]/	/*C.qʷi[n]/
English	weight of 30 jīn ⽄斤	potter"s wheel
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16404
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷin/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūn (jun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ / kwan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiûn

  (Hailu, HRS): giun^ˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gyng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyun
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiun
    • Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan¹ / kwan¹
    • Yale: gwān / kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ / kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ / kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: giun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giun^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kiun⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
    • Tâi-lô: kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
    • Tâi-lô: kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwin

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷin/

Definitions

鈞

1. (historical) ancient unit of measure equivalent to 30 catties or 15 kilograms
2. (polite) you; your
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) potter's wheel
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tone; tune

Compounds

• 一髮千鈞 / 一发千钧 (yīfàqiānjūn)
• 千鈞 / 千钧
• 千鈞一髮 / 千钧一发 (qiānjūnyīfà)
• 千鈞重負 / 千钧重负
• 大鈞 / 大钧
• 廣鈞 / 广钧
• 權鈞力齊 / 权钧力齐
• 洪鈞 / 洪钧
• 片石千鈞 / 片石千钧
• 萬鈞 / 万钧 (wànjūn)
• 秉鈞 / 秉钧
• 筆力萬鈞 / 笔力万钧
• 鈞令 / 钧令
• 鈞命 / 钧命
• 鈞天 / 钧天
• 鈞天夢 / 钧天梦
• 鈞天廣樂 / 钧天广乐
• 鈞天樂 / 钧天乐
• 鈞威 / 钧威
• 鈞安 / 钧安
• 鈞容直 / 钧容直
• 鈞州窯 / 钧州窑
• 鈞帖 / 钧帖
• 鈞座 / 钧座
• 鈞意 / 钧意 (jūnyì)
• 鈞啟 / 钧启
• 鈞旋轂轉 / 钧旋毂转
• 鈞旨 / 钧旨
• 鈞樞 / 钧枢
• 鈞瓷 / 钧瓷
• 鈞窯 / 钧窑
• 鈞覆 / 钧覆
• 鈞語 / 钧语
• 鈞諭 / 钧谕
• 鈞軸 / 钧轴
• 鈞部 / 钧部
• 鈞鑒 / 钧鉴
• 鈞長 / 钧长
• 鈞陶 / 钧陶
• 鈞顏 / 钧颜
• 陶鈞 / 陶钧 (táojūn)
• 雷霆萬鈞 / 雷霆万钧 (léitíngwànjūn)
• 髮引千鈞 / 发引千钧

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

鈞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin)
• Kun: ひとしい (hitoshī)
• Nanori: ひとし (hitoshi)

Korean

Hanja

鈞 • (gyun) (hangeul 균, revised gyun, McCune–Reischauer kyun, Yale kyun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鈞: Hán Nôm readings: quân

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