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钧

jūn

Character Traditional 鈞

What 钧 means

1. 30 catties
2. great
3. your (honorific)

Words starting with 钧

• 钧谕jūn yù(deferential) your instructions

Words containing 钧

• 千钧一发qiān jūn yī fà(lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); (fig.) (at the) critical…
• 在千钧一发之际zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jìat the critical moment; in the nick of time

Characters built on 匀

These share the phonetic component 匀 (yún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 韵yùnthe final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal
• 昀yúnsun light; used in personal name

Characters that look like 钧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 钨wūtungsten (chemistry)
• 钓diàoto fish with a hook and line; to angle
• 钩gōuto hook; to sew; to crochet
• 铅qiānlead (chemistry)
• 钙gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 鸮xiāoowl (order Strigiformes)

Sounds the same

Read jūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 军(bound form) army; military
• 均(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 君monarch; lord; gentleman
• 菌germ; bacteria; fungus
• 筠used in 筠连
• 皲to chap
• 麇hornless deer
• 莙species of water plant
• 鲪Sebastodes guntheri
• 龟variant of 皲
• 銞old variant of 钧
• 麕variant of 麇