蓊鬱

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See also: 蓊郁

Chinese

a plant in bloom; thick dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (蓊鬱)
simp. (蓊郁)
alternative forms 蓊欝蓊郁

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (34) (34) (34)
Final () (1) (1) (60)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'uwng 'uwngX 'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔuŋ/ /ʔuŋX/ /ʔɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔuŋ/ /ʔuŋX/ /ʔiut̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔuŋ/ /ʔuŋX/ /ʔiuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəwŋ/ /ʔəwŋX/ /ʔut̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔuŋ/ /ʔuŋX/ /ʔiuət̚/
Wang
Li
/uŋ/ /uŋX/ /ĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔuŋ/ /ʔuŋX/ /ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wēng wěng yu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ung1 ung2 wat1

Adjective

蓊鬱

  1. (literary, of vegetation) luxuriant; flourishing; exuberant
  2. (literary, of clouds) dense; thick

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Hyōgai
うつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(おう)(うつ) (ōutsuをううつ (wouutu)?-tari (adnominal (おう)(うつ)とした (ōutsu to shita) or (おう)(うつ)たる (ōutsu taru), adverbial (おう)(うつ) (ōutsu to) or (おう)(うつ)として (ōutsu to shite))

  1. having trees or grass that are extensively overgrowing

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN