檎

檎 · qín

small red apple

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qín
Cantonese
kam4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

small red apple

Dictionary definitions & readings

檎 qín · used in 林檎 lín qín

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21304.020:qín Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0927.060:qín Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
302.200:qín Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qín粵kam4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゴ キン ゴン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
금:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
巨金 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
DOYB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4892.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0556.250 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
219.19 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6A8E
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6060

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
檎
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gim · 巨金 · 深開三平侵群 · #1061

PHONO-ML, source line 8348; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
725.205
kDaeJaweon
0946.020
kHanYu
21304.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0946.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21304.020
kIRGKangXi
0556.250
kKangXi
0556.250
kMorohashi
15657 15657:E0102
kNelson
2382
kSBGY
219.19
kSMSZD2003Index
335.04
kCangjie
DOYB
kFourCornerCode
4892.7
kMojiJoho
MJ014571 MJ014571:E0102 MJ057842:E0103
kPhonetic
569
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6955
kIRG_HSource
HB2-ECFE
kIRG_JSource
J0-3869
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D2A1
kIRG_KSource
K0-5055
kIRG_TSource
T2-5D2B
kRSUnicode
75.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
ECFE
kCCCII
22424B
kCNS1986
2-5D2B
kCNS1992
2-5D2B
kEACC
22424B
kGB0
7353
kGB1
7353
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
2473
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8589
kTGH
2013:6060
kTaiwanTelegraph
8588
kXerox
270:357
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1949+75.4.13 V+13438+75.4.13
kCantonese
kam4
kDefinition
small red apple
kFanqie
巨金
kHangul
금:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21304.020:qín
kJapanese
ゴ キン ゴン
kJapaneseOn
GO KIN
kKorean
KUM
kMandarin
qín
kSMSZD2003Readings
qín粵kam4
kTGHZ2013
302.200:qín
kXHC1983
0927.060:qín

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 檎0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
木 beside 禽 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰木禽$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木禽$(GHTJKP)

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