蘊

See also: 蕴

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 縕 - collecting (as in herbs).

Han character

蘊 (radical 140 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火廿 (TVFT), four-corner 4491₇)

1. collect, gather, store
2. profound
3. (Buddhism) skandha

References

• KangXi: page 1068, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32434
• Dae Jaweon: page 1534, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3323, character 13
• Unihan data for U+860A

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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• (Guangzhou) IPA^(key): [wɐn˧]

Hanzi

蘊 (simplified 蕴, Jyutping wan3, Yale wan3)

Adjective

蘊 (traditional, Jyutping wan3, simplified 蕴)

1. profound

Noun

蘊 (traditional, Jyutping wan3, simplified 蕴)

1. (Buddhism) skandha

Verb

蘊 (traditional, Jyutping wan3, simplified 蕴)

1. collect, gather, store

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Japanese

Kanji

蘊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: うん (un), おん (on)
• Kun: つむ (tsumu), たくわえる (takuwaeru), おさめる (osameru), おさむ (osamu)

Compounds

• 蘊奥 (うんおう, un'ō); (うんのう. unnō): mysteries
• 蘊蓄 (うんちく, unchiku) one's vast stock of knowledge
• 五蘊 (ごうん, goun): the five skandhas of Buddhism
• 受蘊 (じゅうん, juun): perception
• 海蘊 (もずく, mozuku): Cladosiphon okamuranus, a type of edible seaweed
• 余蘊 (ようん, youn): inexhaustible supply

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 蘊 (*'jun) (/ʔjun/)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɯᵝɴ]

Noun

蘊 (hiragana うん, romaji un)

1. abundance, plentifulness
2. (Buddhism) a skandha

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞.sa.mɯᵝ]

Proper noun

蘊 (hiragana おさむ, romaji Osamu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

蘊 (on) (hangeul 온, revised on, McCune-Reischauer on, Yale on)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ o̞n ]

Compounds

五蘊 (오온, oon): the five skandhas of Buddhism

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [yn˥˩]

Hanzi

蘊 (simplified 蕴, Pinyin yùn (yun4), Wade-Giles yün⁴)

Adjective

蘊 (traditional, Pinyin yùn, simplified 蕴)

1. profound

Noun

蘊 (traditional, Pinyin yùn, simplified 蕴)

1. (Buddhism) skandha

Verb

蘊 (traditional, Pinyin yùn, simplified 蕴)

1. to collect, to gather, to store

Compounds

• 五蘊 (五蕴, wǔyùn): the five skandhas of Buddhism
• 蘊藏 (蕴藏, yùncáng): store up
• 蘊涵 (蕴涵, yùnhán): entailment

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Middle Chinese

Etymology

From Old Chinese 蘊 (*ʔunʔ)

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simp. and trad.		蘊

Hanzi

蘊 (Karlgren-Li ·jun:, Baxter-Sagart 'junX)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔjun]

Adjective

蘊 (transliteration needed)

1. profound

Noun

蘊 (transliteration needed)

1. (Buddhism) skandha

Verb

蘊 (transliteration needed)

1. collect, gather, store

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Old Chinese

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simp. and trad.		蘊

Han character

蘊 (*ʔunʔ)

Adjective

蘊 (transliteration needed)

1. profound

Noun

蘊 (transliteration needed)

1. (Buddhism) skandha

Verb

蘊 (transliteration needed)

1. collect, gather, store

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uə̯n˧˩˧]

Han character

蘊 (uẩn)

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