潤

See also: 润

Translingual

Han character

潤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓土 (EANG), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵閏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18255
• Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1748, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6F64

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Chinese

trad.		潤
simp.		润

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (閏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撋	*njon
瞤	*njun
潤	*njuns
閏	*njuns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùn (run⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeon⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): nē̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jūn / lūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùn
    • Wade–Giles: jun⁴
    • Yale: rwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruenn
    • Palladius: жунь (žunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jeon⁶
    • Yale: yeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵn²²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nē̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jūn
    • Tâi-lô: jūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūn
    • Tâi-lô: lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lun
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lun²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nywinH

Rime
Character	潤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如順切
Baxter	nywinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwinH/
Li Rong	/ȵiuĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeon6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njuns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潤
Reading #	1/1
No.	10926
Phonetic component	閏
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閠
Old Chinese	/*njuns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 潤

1. wet; moist
2. sleek
3. to moisten; to wet
4. to polish (a piece of writing, etc.); to touch up
5. profit (excess of revenue over cost)

Synonyms

• (wet):

(deprecated template usage)

• 潮 (cháo)
• 潮潤／潮润 (cháorùn) (of the atmosphere, soil, etc.)
• 潮濕／潮湿 (cháoshī)
• 澹濕／澹湿 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 濕嘰嘰／湿叽叽 (si² ji¹ ji¹) (Sichuanese)
• 濕潤／湿润 (shīrùn)
• 濡濕／濡湿 (rúshī)

 

• (to moisten): 濕潤／湿润 (shīrùn), 滋潤／滋润 (zīrùn)
• (to polish):

(deprecated template usage)

• 修飾／修饰 (xiūshì)
• 文飾／文饰 (literary)
• 潤色／润色 (rùnsè)
• 潤飾／润饰 (rùnshì)
• 雕琢 (diāozhuó) (figurative)
• 雕鑿／雕凿 (diāozáo) (figurative)

 

• (profit):

(deprecated template usage)

• 利潤／利润 (lìrùn)
• 利益 (lìyì)
• 利純／利纯 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 利頭／利头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 盈利 (yínglì)
• 賺／赚 (informal)
• 賺頭／赚头 (zhuàntou) (informal)
• 賺頭兒／赚头儿 (zhuàntour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 長頭／长头 (Hokkien)

 

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Japanese

Kanji

潤

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
• Kun: うるおう (uruou, 潤う, Jōyō); うるむ (urumu, 潤む, Jōyō); うるおす (uruosu, 潤す, Jōyō); めぐみ (megumi)

Proper noun

潤(じゅん) • (Jun) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

潤 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 潤 (nhuần, nhuận)

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