Character: 棍
Modern (Beijing) reading: gùn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kūns
Classic Old Chinese: kwǝ̄nh
Western Han Chinese: kwǝ̄nh
Eastern Han Chinese: kwǝ̄nh
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwǝ̄̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwǝ̄̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwǝ̄̀n
Middle Chinese: kòn
English meaning : club, stick, cudgel [Tang]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) палка, трость; 2) бран. дубина, бездельник, нахал; 3) бродяга; хулиган
Comments: A somewhat earlier (Han) reading is OC *g(h)ūnʔ, MC ɣón, Mand. hùn 'to bind, make a bundle'.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 6961
Vietnamese reading: côn
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