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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
Old Chinese
撋
*njon
瞤
*njun
潤
*njuns
閏
*njuns
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)
Character
潤
Reading #
1/1
No.
10926
Phonetic component
閏
Rime group
文
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
閠
Old Chinese
/*njuns/
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 ― rùn rì ― 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( じゅん ) • (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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