醞

See also: 酝 and 醖

醞 U+919E, 醞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919E ← 醝 [U+919D] CJK Unified Ideographs 醟 → [U+919F]

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan², wan⁵, wan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùn
    • Wade–Giles: yün⁴
    • Yale: yùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunn
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan², wan⁵, wan³
    • Yale: wán, wáhn, wan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan², wan⁵, wan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen², wen⁵, wen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵/, /wɐn¹³/, /wɐn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'junX, 'junH

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qunʔ/, /*quns/

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

• 良醞／良酝
• 良醞可戀／良酝可恋
• 醞釀／酝酿 (yùnniàng)
• 風流醞藉／风流酝借

 

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