鯀

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: gung2
POJ: kúng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

proper-noun: Gun (mythological figure, father of Yu the Great)
鯀

The character has two senses under this reading — an obsolete common-noun 'giant fish' (historical dictionaries only) and the proper name of the mythological figure Gun — the proper-noun sense was chosen as more notable/attested.

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