楛箘

Chinese

		broken utensil; (tree)	bamboo shoots
trad. (楛箘)		楛	箘
simp. #(楛箘)		楛	箘

Etymology

楛 (kǔ) and 箘 (jùn) are good timber for making arrows, hence the figurative sense.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔjùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄩㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔjùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjyùn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-chün⁴
    • Yale: kǔ-jyùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujiunn
    • Palladius: куцзюнь (kuczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕyn⁵¹/

Noun

楛箘

1. (literary, figuratively) talented person