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钧

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30 catties; great; your (honorific)

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Strokes
9
Radical
金 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鈞
Common rank
#4,463
Unicode
U+94A7

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 钧 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “gold” + 匀 sound ( yún )

Components 钅 匀

How to remember it

30 catties · Heisig RSH #3018

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 钧

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
在千钧一发之际 zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì at the critical moment; in the nick of time
千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà (lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); (fig.) (at the) critical; perilous (mo…
钧谕 jūn yù (deferential) your instructions

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 匀 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
匀 sound part yún equal; even, uniform
均 jūn equal, even, fair; level, uniform; also, too
昀 yún sunlight; surname