醞

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See also: 酝 and 醖
醞 U+919E, 醞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919E
← 醝
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 醟 →

Translingual

Traditional 醞
Shinjitai
(extended) 		醖
Simplified 酝

Han character

醞 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田田人廿 (MWWOT), four-corner 16617, composition ⿰酉𥁕)

  1. liquor, spirits, wine
  2. ferment

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39974
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3589, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+919E

Chinese

trad. 醞/醖
simp. 酝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (𥁕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
媪
蝹 *quːʔ, *qrun, *qun
溫 *quːn
𥁕 *quːn
輼 *quːn
蕰 *quːn, *qunʔ, *quns
殟 *quːn, *quːd
豱 *quːn
緼 *quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns
韞 *quːn, *qunʔ
瘟 *quːn
揾 *quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd
氲 *qun
煴 *qun, *quns
馧 *qun, *quːd
蒀
藴 *qun, *qunʔ
褞 *qunʔ
醖
慍 *quns
蘊 *quns
腽 *quːd
榅 *quːd
嗢 *quːd, *qruːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 醞 醞
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 文 (59) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於粉切 於問切
Baxter 'junX 'junH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨunX/ /ʔɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔiunX/ /ʔiunH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuənX/ /ʔiuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔunX/ /ʔunH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuənX/ /ʔiuənH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭuənX/ /ĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯uənX/ /ʔi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǔn yùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wan2 wan3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 醞 醞
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12990 12995
Phonetic
component 		昷 昷
Rime
group 		文 文
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		惲 醖
Old
Chinese 		/*qunʔ/ /*quns/

Definitions

醞

  1. (literary) to ferment an alcoholic beverage
    醞釀／酝酿  ―  yùnniàng  ―  to ferment; to brew; to take shape and become mature; to prepare
  2. (literary) wine
    佳醞／佳酝  ―  jiāyùn  ―  good liquor; fine wine

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

醞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. liquor
  2. spirits
  3. wine
  4. fermentation

Readings

  • On (unclassified): うん (un)
  • Kun: かもす (kamosu)

Korean

Hanja

醞 • (on) (hangeul 온, revised on, McCune–Reischauer on, Yale on)

  1. brew
  2. harmony
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