溫

See also: 温

Translingual

Japanese	温
Simplified	温
Traditional	溫

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

• 薀(蕰), 𨷇

Related characters

• 温 (Simplified Chinese, also the preferred form used in modern Hong Kong)

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

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Chinese

trad.		溫/温
simp.		温

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 溫
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quːn) : semantic 水 + phonetic 𥁕 (OC *quːn).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 溫

1. lukewarm; warm (of temperature)
2. tepid; mild; soft; tender; gentle
3. irresolute; indecisive; weak
4. to warm up; to raise the temperature of
5. to revise; to review; to go over; to brush up
6. temperature
7. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (溫):

• → Japanese: 溫(おん) (on)
• → Korean: 온(溫) (on)
• → Vietnamese: ôn (溫)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	温
Kyūjitai	溫

Kanji

溫

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 温)

1. lukewarm
2. warm
3. tepid
4. mild

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on)
• Kan-on: おん (on)
• Tō-on: うん (un)
• Kun: あたたか (atataka, 溫か); あたためる (atatameru, 溫める)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. warm
2. heat up

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 溫 (ôn)

1. lukewarm (variant of 温)

References

1. http://nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint=6E29