薀

See also: 蕰

薀 U+8580, 薀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8580 ← 蕿 [U+857F] CJK Unified Ideographs 薁 → [U+8581]

Translingual

Han character

薀 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, Cangjie input 廿水田廿 (TEWT), four-corner 4411₇, composition ⿱艹溫)

1. the mare's tail plant (Hippuris)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 52
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32071
• Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3296, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8580

Chinese

trad.		薀/蕰
simp.		蕰

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): wēn, yùn (wen¹, yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ, ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan² / wan³

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
      
  • (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 / wan³
    • Yale: wán / wan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan² / wan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen² / wen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵/, /wɐn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'won, 'junX, 'junH

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

• Old Chinese

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

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薀	薀	薀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12972	12993	12999
Phonetic component	昷	昷	昷
Rime group	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥁕	惲	醖
Old Chinese	/*quːn/	/*qunʔ/	/*quns/
Notes	見左傳

Definitions

薀

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) waterweed
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蘊 / 蕴 (“to gather; to accumulate”)

Compounds

• 薀草 / 蕰草
• 薀藻 / 蕰藻

References

• “薀”, 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

薀

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. pile up
2. store
3. hornwort

Readings

• On (unclassified): うん (un)
• Kun: つむ (tsumu)

Korean

Hanja

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

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