袞
gǔn

imperial robe

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Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound.

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
公
公 Sound component
gōng public
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 公 than it was in ancient scripts.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkluːnʔ
Unicodeguə̌n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang