縕

See also: 缊 and 緼

縕 U+7E15, 縕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E15 ← 縔 [U+7E14] CJK Unified Ideographs 縖 → [U+7E16]

Translingual

Traditional	縕
Shinjitai (extended)	緼
Simplified	缊

Han character

縕 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 女火田人廿 (VFWOT), four-corner 2691₇, composition ⿰糹𥁕)

1. tangled hemp, raveled silk
2. vague, confused

Derived characters

• 蘊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 933, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27757
• Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3437, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7E15

Chinese

trad.		縕/緼
simp.		缊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
媼	*quːʔ
蝹	*quːʔ, *qrun, *qun
溫	*quːn
𥁕	*quːn
轀	*quːn
薀	*quːn, *qunʔ, *quns
殟	*quːn, *quːd
豱	*quːn
縕	*quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns
韞	*quːn, *qunʔ
瘟	*quːn
搵	*quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd
氳	*qun
熅	*qun, *quns
馧	*qun, *quːd
蒕	*qun
蘊	*qun, *qunʔ, *quns
褞	*qunʔ
醞	*qunʔ, *quns
慍	*quns
膃	*quːd
榲	*quːd
嗢	*quːd, *qruːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn, yūn, wēn (yun⁴, yun¹, wen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ, ㄩㄣ, ㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan³ / wan¹ / wan²

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yun
    • Wade–Giles: yün¹
    • Yale: yūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iun
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wun
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹
    • Yale: wēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uen
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wan³ / wan¹ / wan²
    • Yale: wan / wān / wán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan³ / wan¹ / wan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen³ / wen¹ / wen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³³/, /wɐn⁵⁵/, /wɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jun, 'won, 'junX, 'junH

Rime
Character	縕	縕	縕	縕
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	魂 (55)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III
Fanqie	於云切	烏渾切	於粉切	於問切
Baxter	'jun	'won	'junX	'junH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨun/	/ʔuən/	/ʔɨunX/	/ʔɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiun/	/ʔuon/	/ʔiunX/	/ʔiunH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuən/	/ʔuən/	/ʔiuənX/	/ʔiuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔun/	/ʔwən/	/ʔunX/	/ʔunH/
Li Rong	/ʔiuən/	/ʔuən/	/ʔiuənX/	/ʔiuənH/
Wang Li	/ĭuən/	/uən/	/ĭuənX/	/ĭuənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uən/	/ʔuən/	/ʔi̯uənX/	/ʔi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yūn	wēn	yǔn	yùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan1	wan1	wan2	wan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːn/, /*qun/, /*qunʔ/, /*quns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縕	縕	縕	縕
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	12975	12982	12988	12997
Phonetic component	昷	昷	昷	昷
Rime group	文	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥁕	煴	惲	醖
Old Chinese	/*quːn/	/*qun/	/*qunʔ/	/*quns/

Definitions

縕

1. (archaic) old fabric fibers
2. (archaic) tangled; disorderly
3. (archaic) orange (color)
4. used in 絪縕／𬘡缊

Compounds

• 束縕請火 / 束缊请火
• 紛縕 / 纷缊
• 絪縕 / 𬘡缊 (yīnyūn)
• 縕袍 / 缊袍 (yùnpáo)

References

• “縕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

縕

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. old cotton
2. tangled hemp
3. raveled silk
4. vague
5. confused

Readings

From Middle Chinese 縕 (MC ʔjunH); compare Mandarin 縕 / 缊 (yùn):

• Go-on: うん (un)^{←うん (un, historical)}
• Kan-on: うん (un)^{←うん (un, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 縕 (MC ʔjun); compare Mandarin 縕 / 缊 (yūn):

• Go-on: うん (un)^{←うん (un, historical)}
• Kan-on: うん (un)^{←うん (un, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 縕 (MC ʔwon); compare Mandarin 縕 / 缊 (wēn):

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kan-on: うん (un)^{←をん (won, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: ふるい (furui, 縕)

Compounds

• 縕(うん)藉(しゃ) (unsha) (蘊(うん)藉(しゃ), 温(うん)藉(しゃ), 醞(うん)藉(しゃ))
• 縕(うん)緒(しょ) (unsho)
• 縕(うん)醸(じょう) (unjō)
• 縕(うん)袍(ぽう) (unpō)
• 縕(おん)袍(ぽう) (onpō)
• 絪(いん)縕(うん) (in'un) (氤(いん)氳(うん))
• 紛(ふん)縕(うん) (fun'un)
• 蚡(ふん)縕(うん) (fun'un)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. padded clothes
2. hemp
3. ramie fabric