Wu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Jade (yù)
Wu
Kangxi stroke count: 12
Page 732, Entry 11
Pronounced wu.
Guangyun: Defined as a stone that is next in quality to jade.
Wuyin Jiyun: Kunwu is a type of beautiful stone.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Mentions lin, min, kun, and wu.
Suoyin Commentary: Kunwu is a stone inferior to jade. The Hetu states: In Liuzhou there are many piles of stones known as kunwu stones. When smelted, they become iron, which can be used to forge swords that are as bright as crystal.
Also the name of a mountain.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Sima Xiangru, Sound and Meaning: Kunwu is the name of a mountain. It produces fine metal.
Leipian: Originally written in a variant form.