# 洵

| 洵 | U+6D35, &#27957; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D35 |
| ← 洴 [U+6D34] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 洶 → [U+6D36] |

## Translingual
### Han character

洵 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水心日 (EPA), four-corner 3712$_0$, composition ⿰氵旬)

#### Derived characters

* 𦴥

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17416
* Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1613, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6D35

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 洵
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xún (xun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seon$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song$^1$ / suong$^1$ / song$^2$ / suong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seon$^1$
*** Yale: sēun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soen$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: song$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɔŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬuoŋ⁵³³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: song$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɔŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬuoŋ¹³/
* Middle Chinese: swin
Rime :
| Character | 洵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相倫切 |
| Baxter | swin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /swin/ |
| Li Rong | /siuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭuĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seon$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷin/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 洵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16384 |
| Phonetic component | 匀 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 荀 |
| Old Chinese | /*sqʰʷin/ |

#### Definitions

洵
* (literary) truly; indeed
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Qǐ wú jūrén, bùrú shū yě, xún měi qiě rén. [Pinyin]
    Are there indeed no inhabitants? [But] they are not like Shu, Who is truly admirable and kind.
* An ancient river now in what is now Taiyuan, Shanxi.
* An ancient river entering the Han River in Xunyang County, Shaanxi.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 泫 (xuàn, “shedding tears”)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xún (xun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: zwin
Rime :
| Character | 洵 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 詳遵切 |
| Baxter | zwin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwin/ |
| Li Rong | /ziuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭuĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷin/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 洵 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 16396 |
| Phonetic component | 匀 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 旬 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɢʷin/ |

#### Definitions

洵
* (historical dictionaries only) Defined in historical dictionaries as 均.
* (historical dictionaries only) Defined in historical dictionaries as 堪.

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^4$
*** Yale: sywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hyun$^3$
*** Yale: hyun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hyn$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hün$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyːn³³/

#### Definitions

洵
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 敻 (“far; faraway”)

### References

* “洵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “洵”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 272.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅん (shun)、じゅん (jun)
* Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
* Kun: まことに (makotoni)

## Korean
### Hanja

洵 • (sun, hyeon) (hangeul 순, 현, revised sun, hyeon, McCune–Reischauer sun, hyŏn, Yale swun, hyen)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

洵: Hán Nôm readings: toang, tuân
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#### References

* Nom Foundation