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Translingual
Han character
溫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水田人廿 (EWOT), four-corner 36117, composition ⿰氵𥁕)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 640, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17968
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1699, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6EAB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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媪
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蝹
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*quːʔ, *qrun, *qun
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溫
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*quːn
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𥁕
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*quːn
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輼
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*quːn
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蕰
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*quːn, *qunʔ, *quns
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殟
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*quːn, *quːd
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豱
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*quːn
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緼
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*quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns
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韞
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*quːn, *qunʔ
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瘟
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*quːn
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揾
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*quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd
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氲
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*qun
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煴
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*qun, *quns
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馧
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*qun, *quːd
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蒀
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藴
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*qun, *qunʔ
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褞
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*qunʔ
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醖
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慍
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*quns
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蘊
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*quns
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腽
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*quːd
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榅
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*quːd
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嗢
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*quːd, *qruːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quːn): semantic 水 + phonetic 𥁕 (OC *quːn).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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溫
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wēn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔwon ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔˁun/
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English
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warm; gentle
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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溫
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12969
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Phonetic component
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昷
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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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𥁕
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Old Chinese
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/*quːn/
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Definitions
溫
- (of temperature) lukewarm; warm
- to warm up; to raise the temperature of
- to revise; to review; to go over; to brush up
- (chiefly in compounds) temperature
- tepid; mild; soft; tender; gentle
- irresolute; indecisive; weak
- a surname: Wen
- 溫家寶/温家宝 ― Wēn Jiābǎo ― Wen Jiabao, Premier (2004-2013)
- Alternative form of 瘟 (wēn)
Synonyms
- (temperature): 溫度/温度 (wēndù)
Compounds
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
Kanji
溫
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 温)
- lukewarm
- warm
- tepid
- mild
Proper noun
溫 • (On) ←をん (Won)?
- a female given name
Readings
Korean
Hanja
溫 (eumhun 따뜻할 온 (ttatteuthal on))
- hanja form? of 온 (“warm”)
- hanja form? of 온 (“heat up”)
Vietnamese
Han character
溫: Hán Nôm readings: ôn
- lukewarm (variant of 温)
References
- http://nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint=6E29