鯀

See also: 鲧

鯀	U+9BC0, 鯀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BC0

← 鮿
[U+9BBF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯁 →
[U+9BC1]

Translingual

Han character

鯀 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火竹女火 (NFHVF), four-corner 2239₃, composition ⿰魚系)

Derived characters

䧰, 𤄏

References

KangXi: page 1471, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46168

Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 22

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4692, character 16

Unihan data for U+9BC0

Chinese

trad.		鯀
simp.		鲧
alternative forms		鮌／𱇢鰥／鳏𩩌𩨬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鯀
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Etymology

Same word as 鮌 and 鯤 (OC *kuːn) (Schuessler, 2009), the latter of which is possibly related to 鵾 (“large bird”) (Liu, 1999).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔn (gun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔn
  - Wade–Giles: kun³
  - Yale: gwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goen
  - Palladius: гунь (gunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwən²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwan²
  - Yale: gwán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kuən^X/

Rime
Character	鯀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古本切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən^X/
Li Rong	/kuən^X/
Wang Li	/kuən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯀
Reading #	1/1
No.	4751
Phonetic component	鯀
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩩌
Old Chinese	/*kuːnʔ/

Definitions

鯀

^‡ giant fish
(Chinese mythology) Gun (the father of Yu the Great)

Japanese

Kanji

鯀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)
Kan-on: こん (kon)

Korean

Hanja

鯀 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon, Yale kon)

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