雲南

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See also: 云南

Chinese

cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname south
trad. (雲南)
simp. (云南)
anagram 南雲南云
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (35) (8)
Final () (59) (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter hjun nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/ /nəm/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/ /nɒm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4 naam4

Etymology 1

Unclear. First attested in the Book of Han as a county under 益州郡, located in modern-day Xiangyun county, Yunnan.

Proper noun

雲南

  1. () Yunnan (a province in southwest China)
  2. () (historical) Yunnan (a former county of Yunnan province, China; now Xiangyun county, Yunnan)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 雲南(うんなん) (Unnan).

Proper noun

雲南

  1. () Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うん
Grade: 2
なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 雲南 / 云南 (Yúnnán)

Proper noun

(うん)(なん) (Unnan

  1. Yunnan (a province of China)

Etymology 2

Analyzable as a compound of (un, Short for 出雲) +‎ (nan, south). Thus the term can be translated literally as "Southern part of Izumo Province".

Proper noun

(うん)(なん) (Unnan

  1. Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

雲南 (Unnam) (hangeul 운남)

  1. hanja form? of 운남 (Yunnan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

雲南

  1. chữ Hán form of Vân Nam (Yunnan).