# 褌

| 褌 | U+890C, &#35084; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-890C |
| ← 褋 [U+890B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 褍 → [U+890D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

褌 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月十十 (LBJJ), four-corner 3725$_6$, composition ⿰衤軍)
* trousers, pants, shorts, drawers

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1120, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34428
* Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3104, character 12
* Unihan data for U+890C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 褌
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 揮 | *qʰul |
| 輝 | *qʰul |
| 翬 | *qʰul |
| 暉 | *qʰul |
| 煇 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 楎 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn |
| 瀈 | *qʰul |
| 韗 | *qʰons, *ɢuns |
| 褌 | *kuːn |
| 鶤 | *kuːn, *ɢuns |
| 緷 | *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns |
| 睴 | *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 璭 | *kuːns |
| 瘒 | *ŋɡuːn |
| 顐 | *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn |
| 諢 | *ŋɡuːns |
| 餫 | *ɡuːn, *ɢuns |
| 渾 | *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 琿 | *ɡuːn |
| 鼲 | *ɡuːn |
| 堚 | *ɡuːn |
| 鯶 | *ɡuːnʔ |
| 軍 | *kun |
| 皸 | *kun, *kuns |
| 齳 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 喗 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 葷 | *qʰun |
| 惲 | *qunʔ |
| 賱 | *qunʔ |
| 運 | *ɢuns |
| 暈 | *ɢuns |
| 鄆 | *ɢuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kuːn) : semantic 衤 (“clothes”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kūn (kun$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kun
*** Wade–Giles: kʻun$^1$
*** Yale: kwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuen
*** Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwan$^1$
*** Yale: gwān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwon
Rime :
| Character | 褌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古渾切 |
| Baxter | kwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwən/ |
| Li Rong | /kuən/ |
| Wang Li | /kuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 褌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7311 |
| Phonetic component | 軍 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 昆 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːn/ |

### Definitions

褌
* (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu, Waxiang) trousers; pants
* fundoshi (traditional Japanese loincloth)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 褲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 褲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 褲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 褲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 褲子, 褲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 褲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 褲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 褲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 褲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 褲子, 褲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 褲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 褲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 褲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 褲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 褲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 褲子, 褲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 褲子, 褲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 褲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 褲子, 褲兒, 小衣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 褲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 褲子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 褲子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 褲子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 褲子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 袖褲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 褲, 𱒃褲, 中衣 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 褲 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 褲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 褲子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 褲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 褲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 褲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 褲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 褲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 褲 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Changting | 褲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 褲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 褲子, 褲 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 褲 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 褲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 褲 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 褲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 褲 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 褲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 褲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 褲兒, 褲子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 褲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 褲 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 褲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 褲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 褲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 褲, 衩子 dated |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 褌 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 褌 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Baisha) | 褌 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 褲子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 褲子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 褲子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 褲子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 褲子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 褲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 褲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 褲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 褲子, 小衣 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 褲 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 褲 |
* (fundoshi): 兜襠布／兜裆布 (dōudāngbù)

### Compounds

* 犢鼻褌 / 犊鼻裈
* 蝨處褌中 / 虱处裈中
* 褌中 / 裈中
* 褌襠 / 裈裆

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04527

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: こん (kon)
* Kan-on: こん (kon)
* Kun: ふんどし (fundoshi, 褌)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 褌
* ふんどし Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 犢鼻褌

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふんどし [fùńdóshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟̃ndo̞ɕi]

#### Noun

褌(ふんどし) • (fundoshi)
* loincloth; the traditional Japanese underwear for adult males and females, made from a length of cotton
* (sumo) a sumo wrestler's traditional apron
    人(ひと)の褌(ふんどし)で相撲(すもう)を取(と)る
       hito no fundoshi de sumō o toru
       live on someone’s expense
       (literally, “wrestle in someone’s fundoshi”)
* a women’s 腰巻 (koshimaki, “a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist, worn as underwear underneath a kimono”)
* (shogi) a fork by a knight
* a crab’s abdomen; apron

##### Derived terms

* 褌祝(ふんどしいわ)い (fundoshi iwai)
* 褌担(ふんどしかつ)ぎ (fundoshi katsugi)
* 褌(ふんどし)を締(し)めてかかる (fundoshi o shimete kakaru)
* 越中褌(えっちゅうふんどし) (Etchū fundoshi)
* 西洋褌(せいようふんどし) (seiyō fundoshi)
* 虎(とら)の皮(かわ)の褌(ふんどし) (tora no kawa no fundoshi)
* 畚褌(もっこふんどし) (mokko fundoshi)
* 六尺褌(ろくしゃくふんどし) (rokushaku fundoshi)

##### Descendants

* → English: fundoshi

##### See also

* 湯文字(ゆもじ) (yumoji): a kind of loincloth wrap used while bathing; a similar wrap worn historically by women under a kimono

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 褌
* みつ Hyōgai
* irregular
From 三(み)つ (mitsu, “three”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みつ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [mʲit͡sɨ]

#### Noun

褌(みつ) • (mitsu)
* (sumo) a sumo wrestler's belt, a mawashi

##### Derived terms

* たて褌(みつ) (tatemitsu)
* 前褌(まえみつ) (maemitsu, “front of the mawashi”)
* 横褌(よこみつ) (yokomitsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

褌 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon, Yale kon)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.