舜

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舜	U+821C, 舜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-821C

← 舛
[U+821B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

舝 →
[U+821D]

Translingual

Han character

舜 (Kangxi radical 136, 舛+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月月弓手 (BBNQ), four-corner 2025₂, composition ⿳爫冖舛)

Derived characters

僢, 𫫰, 𡡞, 䢬, 𣊬, 橓, 𬋊, 𤩥, 瞬, 𬧓, 𤯷, 𦨁, 䑟, 䴄, 蕣

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1008, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30339
Dae Jaweon: page 1465, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2035, character 2
Unihan data for U+821C

Chinese

trad.		舜
simp. ^#		舜
alternative forms		䑞𡐼 ancient 𡐩 ancient 𡳈 ancient 𡳉 ancient

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (舛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
舛	*tʰjonʔ
荈	*tʰjonʔ
僢	*l̥ʰjunʔ
舜	*hljuns
瞬	*hljuns
蕣	*hljuns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùn (shun⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sun

(Meixian, Guangdong): sun⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): sóng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sùn

(Teochew, Peng'im): sung³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùn
  - Wade–Giles: shun⁴
  - Yale: shwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuenn
  - Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seon³
  - Yale: seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sun
  - Hakka Romanization System: sun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sun⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
  - Tâi-lô: sùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /sun²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sung³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: sywinH

Rime
Character	舜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒閏切
Baxter	sywinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiuɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjuen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕwin^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiuĕn^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuĕn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.t]u[n]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljuns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shùn
Middle Chinese	‹ sywin^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.t]u[n]-s/
English	Hibiscus
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	舜
Reading #	1/1
No.	1643
Phonetic component	舛
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	舜
Old Chinese	/*hljuns/

Definitions

舜

Emperor Shun, legendary ruler of ancient China
(alt. form 蕣) Hibiscus syriacus
Synonym: 木槿 (mùjǐn)
a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

舜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しゅん (shun)
Kun: むくげ (mukuge, 舜)、ひるがお (hirugao)、さとい (satoi)

Korean

Hanja

舜 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

舜: Hán Nôm readings: thuấn

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