囷

囷 U 56F7, 囷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F7 ← 囶 [U 56F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 囸 → [U 56F8]

Translingual

Han character

囷 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗 5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田竹木 (WHD), four-corner 6090₄, composition ⿴囗禾)

Derived characters

• 㖥, 𡸙, 𢛕, 𢮖, 棞, 㻒, 䐃, 𥇘, 碅, 稛, 𧛃, 𦓾, 蜠, 𧶞, 𧼐, 䠅, 𮝜, 𩤁, 𪍁, 𪘩(𬺊), 𩓽, 𡹤, 菌, 箘, 麕, 𪘭, 𩆻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4742
• Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 717, character 9
• Unihan data for U 56F7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		囷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
菌	*ɡonʔ, *ɡrunʔ
麇	*krun
麕	*krun
囷	*kʰrun, *ɡrun
箘	*kʰrun, *ɡrunʔ
攈	*kuns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūn, jūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣ, ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün¹
    • Yale: chyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiun
    • Palladius: цюнь (cjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • 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: kwan¹
    • Yale: kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwin

Rime
Character	囷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去倫切
Baxter	khwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjin/
Li Rong	/kʰjuĕn/
Wang Li	/kʰǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰrun/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrun/, /*ɡrun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	囷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qūn
Middle Chinese	‹ khwin ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰrun/
English	round granary
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	囷	囷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10749	10751
Phonetic component	囷	囷
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	囷
Old Chinese	/*kʰrun/	/*ɡrun/
Notes	原列軫韻	去倫切所注又切

Definitions

囷

1. (historical) round-shaped storage bin for grain

   • 胡取禾三百囷兮？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hú qǔ hé sānbǎi qūn xī? [Pinyin]

     How do you get the paddy for your three hundred round bins?

2. Used in 囷囷 (qūnqūn) and 輪囷／轮囷 (lúnjūn).

Compounds

• 倒廩傾囷 / 倒廪倾囷
• 囷倉 / 囷仓
• 囷囷 (qūnqūn)
• 囷窌
• 囷鹿
• 嶙囷
• 指囷
• 輪囷 / 轮囷
• 魯肅指囷 / 鲁肃指囷

 

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

囷: Hán Nôm readings: khuân

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