Chinese Character Wiki

囷

qūn

round-shaped storage bin for grain

A bin 囗 for storing grain 禾

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

禾 meaning component

禾  Meaning component

hé

  

grain stalk

Evolution

囷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囷 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
囷 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
囷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

囷  

qūn

round-shaped storage bin for grain; granary; Taiwan pr. [jūn]

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

菌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰrun

khwin

qūn

round granary


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+56F7

Shuowen

“囷，廪之圜者。从很在囗中。圜謂之囷，方謂之京。”


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