See also:
U+890C, 褌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-890C

[U+890B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+890D]

Translingual

Etymology

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qʰul
*qʰul
*qʰul
*qʰul
*qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
*qʰul, *ɡuːn
*qʰul
*qʰons, *ɢuns
*kuːn
*kuːn, *ɢuns
*kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
*kuːns
*ŋɡuːn
*ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
*ŋɡuːns
*ɡuːn, *ɢuns
*ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
*ɡuːn
*ɡuːn
*ɡuːn
*ɡuːnʔ
*kun
*kun, *kuns
*ŋɡunʔ
*ŋɡunʔ
*qʰun
*qunʔ
*qunʔ
*ɢuns
*ɢuns
*ɢuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kuːn) : semantic  (clothes) + phonetic  (OC *kun).

Han character

(radical 145, +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月十十 (LBJJ), four-corner 37256, composition)

  1. trousers, pants, shorts, drawers

References

  • KangXi: page 1120, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34428
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3104, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+890C

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuən/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuon/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwən/
Li
Rong
/kuən/
Wang
Li
/kuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gūn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7311
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuːn/

Definitions

  1. (archaic) trousers; pants
  2. fundoshi (traditional Japanese loincloth)

Synonyms

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): こん (kon)
  • Kun: ふんどし (fundoshi, )

Noun

(hiragana ふんどし, rōmaji fundoshi)

  1. loincloth
  2. The traditional Japanese underwear for adult males, made from a length of cotton.
  3. (sumo) A sumo wrestler's traditional apron.
     (ひと) (ふんどし) () (もう) ()
    hito no fundoshi de sumō o toru
    live on someone’s expense (literally “wrestle in someone’s fundoshi”)

Noun

(hiragana みつ, rōmaji mitsu)

  1. (sumo) A sumo wrestler's belt, a mawashi.

Derived terms


Korean

Hanja

(gon) (hangeul , revised gon, McCuneReischauer kon, Yale kon)

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