gǔn

giant fish

Evolution

鯀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鯀 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
鯀 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
鯀 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鯀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

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gǔn

giant fish; father of the emperor Yu

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Gǔn

Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Dà​Yǔ]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5120th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

Unicode

U+9BC0

Shuowen

“鯀,魚也。从魚,系聲。”


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