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Translingual
Han character
潤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓土 (EANG), four-corner 37120, composition ⿰氵閏)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18255
- Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1748, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6F64
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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撋
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*njon
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瞤
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*njun
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潤
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*njuns
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閏
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*njuns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njuns) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 閏 (OC *njuns, “surplus”) — an ample amount of moisture.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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潤
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10926
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Phonetic component
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閏
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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閠
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Old Chinese
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/*njuns/
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Definitions
潤
- wet; moist; damp
- sleek; glossy
- to moisten; to wet; to dampen
- to polish (a piece of writing, etc.); to touch up; to embellish; to enrich
- profit (excess of revenue over cost)
- (Cantonese) to ridicule; to tease; to make fun of
Synonyms
- 潮 (cháo)
- 潮潤 / 潮润 (cháorùn) (of the atmosphere, soil, etc.)
- 潮濕 / 潮湿 (cháoshī)
- 澹濕 / 澹湿 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 濕嘰嘰 / 湿叽叽 (si2 ji1 ji1) (Sichuanese)
- 濕潤 / 湿润 (shīrùn)
- 濡濕 / 濡湿 (rúshī)
- (to moisten): 潤澤/润泽 (rùnzé), 濕潤/湿润 (shīrùn), 滋潤/滋润 (zīrùn)
- (to polish):
- 修飾 / 修饰 (xiūshì)
- 文飾 / 文饰 (literary)
- 潤色 / 润色 (rùnsè)
- 潤飾 / 润饰 (rùnshì)
- 雕琢 (diāozhuó) (figurative)
- 雕鑿 / 雕凿 (diāozáo) (figurative)
- 利潤 / 利润 (lìrùn)
- 利益 (lìyì)
- 利純 / 利纯 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 利頭 / 利头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 盈利 (yínglì)
- 賺 / 赚 (informal)
- 賺頭 / 赚头 (zhuàntou) (informal)
- 賺頭兒 / 赚头儿 (zhuàntour) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 長頭 / 长头 (Hokkien)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from English run, via Hanyu Pinyin rùn.
Pronunciation
Definitions
潤
- (neologism, Mainland China, Internet slang) to run away; to flee
哈人,我先潤了。 [MSC, trad.]
哈人,我先润了。 [MSC, simp.]- Hārén, wǒ xiān rùn le.
- That's scary. I'm gonna run away.
- (neologism, Mainland China, Internet slang) to emigrate, usually in the context of leaving (running away from) mainland China
- 潤日/润日 ― rùnrì ― to move to Japan
請大家指點如何潤去加拿大? [MSC, trad.]
请大家指点如何润去加拿大? [MSC, simp.]- Qǐng dàjiā zhǐdiǎn rúhé rùn qù Jiānádà?
- Can people give suggestions on how to emigrate to Canada?
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
潤
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Proper noun
潤 • (Jun)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
潤 • (yun) (hangeul 윤, revised yun, McCune–Reischauer yun, Yale yun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
潤: Hán Nôm readings: nhuần, nhuận
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