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钧

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jūn
noun #55,648

Meanings

  1. 1 jun, an ancient unit of weight (thirty catties)
  2. 2 your (honorific, in formal letters)

Examples

整个国家的命运千钧一发。
Zhěnggè guójiā de mìngyùn qiānjūnyīfà.
The fate of the whole country hung by a single thread.
旧式书信结尾常写敬请钧鉴。
Jiùshì shūxìn jiéwěi cháng xiě jìng qǐng jūn jiàn.
Old formal letters end with phrases like "respectfully submitted for your perusal".

Tips

history
钧 was an old weight unit (thirty catties), seen in the chengyu 千钧一发 (a thousand jun on a single hair, an extremely critical moment). It is also an honorific "your" in formal correspondence.

Components

radical
钅 jīnzìpáng
metal (radical form)
Left metal radical, the side form of 金. Weights were cast in metal, so the radical fits 钧 as a unit of weight.
phonetic
匀 yún
even; uniform (here phonetic)
Right side 匀 is the phonetic element; the sound shifted from yún to jūn. The same kernel appears in 均 (even).

Stroke Order

钧 jūn