暈

Translingual

Han character

暈 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日月十十 (ABJJ) or 難日月十十 (XABJJ), four-corner 6050₆, composition ⿱日軍)

Derived characters

• 𣜸 𥣐 𦅿 𠪷 𦾥

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 497, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14037
• Dae Jaweon: page 865, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1527, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6688

• Unihan data for U+F9C5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 暈
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Originally a pictogram (象形) – the sun (日) surrounded by lines on all sides – halo.

Now phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuns) : semantic 日 (“Sun”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Etymology

Same word as 運 (OC *ɢuns, “to revolve; to move”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

暈

1. (astronomy) halo (around the Sun or the Moon)

   日暈／日晕  ―  rìyùn  ―  solar halo

2. ring of light or colour, or a blurred area surrounding a luminous or coloured object; halo around a light or colour
3. blush; slight redness
4. ^† ring-shaped pattern
5. ^† bull's eye
6. to spread; to proliferate; to seep through
7. ^† to apply (colour, especially makeup)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

暈

1. to make one feel dizzy; to feel the head spinning; to have vertigo

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

暈

1. dizzy; giddy; lightheaded
2. to faint; to pass out; to black out; to swoon

   暈咗幾分鐘／晕咗几分钟 [Cantonese]  ―  wan⁴ zo² gei² fan¹ zung¹   ―  fainted for several minutes

3. (neologism, slang) to be overwhelmed (by something) and on the verge of passing out

   我暈！／我晕！  ―  Wǒ yūn!  ―  Oh my!

4. (Sichuanese) to savour; to enjoy slowly and thoroughly

Synonyms

• (dizzy):

Compounds

References

• “暈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. blur, haze
2. mental haze or senility
3. intentional blurring or gradation

Readings

• Go-on: うん (un)
• Kan-on: うん (un)
• Kun: かさ (kasa, 暈); めまい (memai, 暈); ぼかす (bokasu, 暈す); ぼかし (bokashi, 暈し); かさむ (kasamu, 暈む)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​さ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

暈(かさ) • (kasa) 

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 暈 (MC hjunH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) う​ん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

暈(うん) • (un) 

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Affix

暈(うん) • (un) 

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
2. dizzy; giddy

References

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

暈 (eumhun 무리 훈 (muri hun))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

暈 (eumhun 어지러울 운 (eojireoul un))

1. Hanja form^? of 운 (“halo”).

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 暈

Vietnamese

Han character

暈: Hán Việt readings: vựng, vận (王(vương)問(vấn)切(thiết)), quầng
暈: Nôm readings: vầng, vừng, quầng, vựng

1. Nôm form of vầng, vừng (“ring; circle”).
2. Nôm form of quầng (“halo in the sky”).

References