# 鈞

| 鈞 | U+921E, &#37406; 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 8712$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (jun$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan$^1$ / kwan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiûn
    (Hailu, HRS): giun$^ˋ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gyng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin
    (Teochew, Peng'im): geng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyun
*** Wade–Giles: chün$^1$
*** Yale: jyūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiun
*** Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwan$^1$ / kwan$^1$
*** Yale: gwān / kwān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwan$^1$ / kwan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guen$^1$ / kuen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: giun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: giun$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiun⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gyng$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyŋ⁵³³/
* 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: geng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
*** Sinological IPA : /kɯŋ³³/
* 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 | gwan$^1$ |
* 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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