壼

See also: 壸 and 壺

壼	U+58FC, 壼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58FC

← 壻
[U+58FB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

壽 →
[U+58FD]

Translingual

Han character

壼 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土月一一 (GBMM), four-corner 4010₇, composition ⿳士冖亞)

Derived characters

𡀄, 𣡆

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5667
Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 476, character 5
Unihan data for U+58FC

Chinese

trad.		壼
simp.		壸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔn (kun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun³
  - Yale: kwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koen
  - Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwan²
  - Yale: kwán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khwonX

Rime
Character	壼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦本切
Baxter	khwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwən^X/
Li Rong	/kʰuən^X/
Wang Li	/kʰuən^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	壼
Reading #	1/1
No.	7542
Phonetic component
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閫
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːnʔ/

Definitions

壼 (literary)

palace corridor or passageway
(figuratively) inner palace; women's inner chamber
(figuratively) woman; wife

Compounds

中壼 / 中壸
內壼 / 内壸
壼奧 / 壸奥
壼政 / 壸政
壼範 / 壸范
壼闈 / 壸闱

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00599
“壼”, 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

壼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)
Kan-on: こん (kon)
Kun: へやのつろ (heyanotsuro)、おく (oku)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞n]
Phonetic hangul: [곤]

Hanja

Wikisource

壼 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer gon)

Court corridor (in a context for implying a woman's domain such as in 閨壼, an inner chamber)
Symbolism for a place to stay (=居)

Vietnamese

Han character

壼: Hán Nôm readings: hồ

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