gǔn

turn round

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

wheel

Sound component
kūn elder brother

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

turn round Traditional

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

wheel

Sound component
kūn elder brother

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːnʔ

說文解字

轂齊等皃。从車昆聲。《周禮》曰:“望其轂,欲其輥。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica