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

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

	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

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

Pronunciation

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
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ciun / ¹cion / ¹cin / ¹cioen
- (Jinhua): ¹ciun

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)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gyng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gyng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁴⁴/
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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Chuansha, Suzhou, Kunshan, Yixing, Changzhou, Jingjiang, Jiaxing, Haiyan, Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, Cixi, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹ciun
  - MiniDict: ciuin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyn⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕyŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /cyœ̃⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /t͡ɕyn⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕyn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡ɕyən⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡ɕyiŋ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /t͡ɕyəŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕyn⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡ɕyən⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕyn³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡ɕyŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡ɕyəŋ³²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕyəŋ⁵²/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ¹cion
  - MiniDict: cion^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕyoŋ⁵³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Chongming, Tongxiang, Haining, Deqing)
  - Wugniu: ¹cin
  - MiniDict: cin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ¹cioen
  - MiniDict: cioeon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕiø̃⁵²/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹ciun
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕyəŋ³³⁴/

Middle Chinese: kjwin

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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷi[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷin/

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/

Definitions

鈞

(historical) ancient unit of measure equivalent to 30 catties or 15 kilograms
(polite) you; your
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) potter's wheel
(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)‎^[1], 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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