鯀
Gǔn

Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Apr 7, 2026, 02:39 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Apr 7, 2026, 02:39 AM

added components + source (could someone help with the gloss and definitions, and maybe expand the description if necessary?)

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Original meaning: fishing line

Depicts a hand holding a fishing line while catching a fish.

Components

魚
魚 Iconic component
◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts a fishing line.

又
又 Iconic component

Depicts a hand.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːnʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“鯀，魚也。从魚，系聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.820
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)