壎

壎 U+58CE, 壎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58CE ← 壍 [U+58CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 壏 → [U+58CF]

Translingual

Etymology

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Han character

壎 (radical 32, 土+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土竹土火 (GHGF), four-corner 4213₁, composition ⿰土熏)

1. an egg-shaped holed wind instrument

References

• KangXi: page 240, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5546
• Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 496, character 15
• Unihan data for U+58CE

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 壎 – see 塤 (“an ancient flute made of clay or ceramic”). (This character, 壎, is a variant form of 塤.)

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Japanese

Kanji

壎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ancient wind instrument

Readings

• Go-on: くん (kun); こん (kon)
• Kan-on: くん (kun); けん (ken)
• Kun: はち (hachi), わん (wan)

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Korean

Hanja

壎 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, revised hun, McCune–Reischauer hun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

壎 (huân)

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