Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Kangxi Strokes: 8 Page 490, Entry 39 Pronounced kun. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Same. Note: Comparing sun to sun is the meaning of same. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Yang Xiong: The chattering of insects is like a chorus. Note: Shigu says that kun means the same. Erya, Explanations of Words: Kun means afterward. Note: This refers to the sequence of before and after. Book of Documents (Shujing), Counsels of the Great Yu: Afterward decreed by the great tortoise. Commentary: Kun means afterward. Book of Documents (Shujing), Announcement of Zhong Hui: To bequeath prosperity to later generations. Commentary: To bequeath a way of abundance to demonstrate it to later generations. Explanation of Names (Shiming): The son of a great-grandson is called a kun-grandson. Kun means to thread, for as affection grows more distant, it is connected by ritual. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang: Calling another person brother. Commentary: Kun means elder brother. A surname. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Shang: Kunwu and Xia Jie. Commentary: Kunwu is of the Si surname. Fast Reference to Surnames (Xingshi Jijiu Pian): The Kun clan are descendants of the Xia vassal state of Kunwu. In the Warring States period, there was a worthy man named Kun Xiang. A mountain name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Si: Bringing the jade of Mount Kun. Note: The Rectification says Mount Kungang is located four hundred li northeast of Yutian, and the mountain produces jade. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei: Insects and vermin biting with poison. Note: Kun means bright. Bright insects are those that are born in the sunlight and hide in the shade. Also written as the variant form kun. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Geography: Kunlun, Xizhi, and Quso, the Western Rong are all in order. Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu: Written as Kunlun. Pronounced hun. Used in personal names. In the Han dynasty, there was a leader of the dependent states named Gongsun Kunye. Pronounced hun. The meaning is the same. Kunyi is also written as hun. Also the same as hun (turbid/chaotic). Yangzi, Great Mystery: Kunlun is vast and expansive. Note: This is equivalent to hunlun. Rhyme Supplement: Rhymes with lun. Du Shang, Cao E Stele: Like the two daughters of Yao who became the Ladies of the Xiang River. Observing the similarities at the time to instruct future generations. Rhymes with yuan. Han Yu, Epitaph for Official Hu Ping: Befitting these people, to resemble their descendants. Fifty-seven is not a sufficient age. In the Jiyun, it is originally written with the radical for sun.