# 均

| 均 | U+5747, &#22343; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5747 |
| ← 坆 [U+5746] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 坈 → [U+5748] |

## Translingual
### Han character

均 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土心戈一 (GPIM) or 土心一一 (GPMM), four-corner 4712$_0$, composition ⿰土匀 or ⿰土勻)

#### Derived characters

* 筠 荺 鋆 𩃇 𭖠

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4916
* Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 425, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5747

## 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): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 匀 (OC *ɢʷin).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jūn (jun$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jun$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwan$^1$ / kwan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gun$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jyn$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiûn
    (Hailu, HRS): giun$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giun$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jyng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): gĭng / gŭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gyng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin / kirn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): geng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ciun; $^1$cion
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyn$^1$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jun$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gun
*** 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/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kun³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jyn$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyn⁴²/
* 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/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiun⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jyng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭng / gŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /kiŋ⁵⁵/, /kuŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gyng$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Anxi, Taipei, Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
*** Tâi-lô: kun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang): /kun³³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Zhao'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
*** Tâi-lô: kin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Hui'an, Yongchun, Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
*** Tâi-lô: kirn
*** IPA (Hui'an): /kən³³/
*** IPA (Yongchun): /kən⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: geng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
*** Sinological IPA : /kɯŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ciun; $^1$cion
*** MiniDict: ciuin$^平$; cion$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$jyn; $^1$jion
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyn⁵³/, /t͡ɕioŋ⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: jyn$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyn³³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit均 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕyn⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕyn²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕyẽ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕyə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕyn²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕyẽ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕyə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕyŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕỹn³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕyŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕyn³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕyn²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕyəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕyŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕỹŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕyŋ⁵³/ /t͡ɕioŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕyən⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sz̩ʷen³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕoŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕyʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕyan¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕyn³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕyn³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕyn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kiun⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kuŋ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kwɐn⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kʰʷɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kwɐn⁵⁵/ /kʰwɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kun⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kuŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kœyŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kɯŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kin²³/ /kun²³/ /xun²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: kjwin
Rime :
| Character | 均 |
| 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]/, /*[m-qʷ]<r>i[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 均 | 均 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jūn | yùn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjwin › | ‹ hwin$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.qʷi[n]/ | /*[m-qʷ]<r>i[n]-s/ (no pre-Qín exx.) |
| English | even, equal | rhyme |
| 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 | 均 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16403 |
| Phonetic component | 匀 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷin/ |

### Definitions

均
* equal; uniform; fair
    貧富不均／贫富不均 ― pínfù bùjūn ― to have an unequal distribution of wealth
    均衡 ― jūnhéng ― balanced
    均攤／均摊 ― jūntān ― to share equally
* all
       Suǒyǒu kǎoshēng jūn yǐ jìnrù kǎochǎng. [Pinyin]
       All candidates have entered the examination venue.
* (Chinese music) key; pitch

#### Synonyms

* (equal):
* 勻旬 / 匀旬 (wan$^4$ ceon$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 均勻 / 均匀 (jūnyún)
* 均等 (jūnděng)
* 均衡 (jūnhéng)
* 平衡 (pínghéng)
* 牽勻 / 牵匀 ($^1$chi-yun) (Wu)
* (all):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 皆, 均, 俱 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 都, 全, 皆, 均, 俱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 都, 全 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 都 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 都 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 都 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 都, 全 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 都 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 都, 下 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 都, 下 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 都 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 都, 全 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 都 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 都 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 都 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 都 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 都 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 都 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 都 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 都 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 都 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 都 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 都 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 都 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 都 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 都 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 攏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 都, 全 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 都 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 都 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攏, 計, 計計 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 攏, 計, 計計 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 攏, 計, 計計 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 到了 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 攏, 攏總, 計 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 攏, 攏總 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 都 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 攏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 攏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 都 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 儕, 禿 obsolete |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 儕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 儕, 孩 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 儕 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 儕 |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 儕, 孩, 純, 恆, 禿 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 儕 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 和 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 沃 |
| Wu | Lishui | 都 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 都 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 下, 都 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 下 |

#### Compounds

* 不均 (bùjūn)
* 不平均
* 五均六管
* 利益均霑 / 利益均沾
* 力均勢敵 / 力均势敌
* 力敵勢均 / 力敌势均
* 功均一匡
* 功均天地
* 功均柱地
* 勞逸不均 / 劳逸不均
* 勢均力敵 / 势均力敌 (shìjūnlìdí)
* 均一 (jūnyī)
* 均之
* 均分 (jūnfēn)
* 均勢 / 均势 (jūnshì)
* 均勻 / 均匀 (jūnyún)
* 均可 (jūnkě)
* 均夷作用
* 均富
* 均川 (Jūnchuān)
* 均州路 (Jūnzhōulù)
* 均攤 / 均摊 (jūntān)
* 均權 / 均权
* 均權制度 / 均权制度
* 均派
* 均田制
* 均等 (jūnděng)
* 均縣 / 均县 (Jūnxiàn)
* 均衡 (jūnhéng)
* 均買均賣 / 均买均卖
* 均賠 / 均赔
* 均賦 / 均赋
* 均輸 / 均输
* 均霑 / 均沾 (jūnzhān)
* 安定均衡
* 平均 (píngjūn)
* 平均主義 / 平均主义 (píngjūnzhǔyì)
* 平均值 (píngjūnzhí)
* 平均利潤 / 平均利润
* 平均地權 / 平均地权
* 平均壽命 / 平均寿命 (píngjūn shòumìng)
* 平均工資 / 平均工资
* 平均律 (píngjūnlǜ)
* 平均成本
* 平均數 / 平均数 (píngjūnshù)
* 平均時差 / 平均时差
* 平均溫度 / 平均温度
* 平均繼承 / 平均继承
* 平均股價 / 平均股价
* 平均風速 / 平均风速
* 成均
* 戶均 / 户均 (hùjūn)
* 智均力敵 / 智均力敌
* 權力均衡 / 权力均衡
* 淑均 (shūjūn)
* 總平均 / 总平均
* 貧富不均 / 贫富不均
* 鴻均 / 鸿均

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* gentle
* equalize
* equally

#### Readings

* Go-on: うん (un)、きん (kin, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: うん (un)、きん (kin, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: いん (in)
* Kun: ならす (narasu, 均す)
* Nanori: お (o)、ただ (tada)、なお (nao)、なり (nari)、ひとし (hitoshi)、ひら (hira)、まさ (masa)

#### Compounds

* 均(きん)一(いつ) (kin'itsu)
* 均衡(きんこう) (kinkō)
* 均輸法
* 均斉(きんせい) (kinsei)
* 均沾(きんてん) (kinten)
* 均田(きんでん) (kinden)
* 均等(きんとう) (kintō)
* 均整(きんせい) (kinsei)

### Proper noun

均(ひとし) • (Hitoshi)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

均 (eumhun 고를 균 (goreul gyun))
* hanja form of 균 (“equal, even, fair”)
* hanja form of 균 (“all, also”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

均: Hán Việt readings: quân
均: Nôm readings: quân
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.