醇

醇 U+9187, 醇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9187 ← 醆 [U+9186] CJK Unified Ideographs 醈 → [U+9188]

Translingual

Han character

醇 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜口木 (MWYRD), four-corner 1064₇, composition ⿰酉享)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1284, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39901
• Dae Jaweon: page 1784, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3587, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9187

Chinese

trad.		醇
simp. #		醇
alternative forms		醕 𨣶 𨣳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弴	*tjuː, *tuːn
敦	*tuːl, *doːn, *tuːn, *tuːns
錞	*duːlʔ, *duːls, *djun
憝	*duːls
憞	*duːls
譈	*duːls
鐓	*duːls
鷻	*doːn
鶉	*doːn, *djun
惇	*tuːn, *tjun
墩	*tuːn
驐	*tuːn
燉	*tuːns, *tʰuːn, *duːn
焞	*tʰuːn, *djun
啍	*tʰuːn, *duːn
暾	*tʰuːn
噋	*tʰuːn, *kʰʷaːɡ
諄	*tjun, *tjuns
埻	*tjunʔ, *kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
稕	*tjuns
醇	*djun
淳	*djun
犉	*njun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djun): semantic 酉 + phonetic 𦎧 (chún).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chún (chun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sùn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chún
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun²
    • Yale: chwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
    • Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon⁴
    • Yale: sèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen
    • MiniDict: zen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzywin

Rime
Character	醇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常倫切
Baxter	dzywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwin/
Li Rong	/ʑiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醇
Reading #	1/1
No.	2616
Phonetic component	敦
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	純
Old Chinese	/*djun/

Definitions

醇

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of alcoholic drink) rich; pure
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rich alcoholic drink
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 純 / 纯 (“pure”)
4. (organic chemistry) alcohol

Compounds

• 一級醇 / 一级醇 (yījíchún)
• 丁醇 (dīngchún)
• 三級醇 / 三级醇 (sānjíchún)
• 丙醇 (bǐngchún)
• 乙二醇 (yǐ'èrchún)
• 乙醇 (yǐchún)
• 二級醇 / 二级醇 (èrjíchún)
• 仲醇 (zhòngchún)
• 伯醇 (bóchún)
• 叔醇 (shūchún)
• 品行端醇
• 固醇 (gùchún)
• 大醇小疵 (dàchúnxiǎocī)
• 木醇
• 清醇
• 烯丙醇 (xībǐngchún)
• 環己醇 / 环己醇 (huánjǐchún)
• 甘醇 (gānchún)
• 甲醇 (jiǎchún)
• 白藜蘆醇 / 白藜芦醇 (báilílúchún)
• 膽固醇 / 胆固醇 (dǎngùchún)
• 苯甲醇 (běnjiǎchún)
• 醇備 / 醇备
• 醇儒
• 醇化
• 醇厚 (chúnhòu)
• 醇和
• 醇朴
• 醇碧
• 醇粹
• 醇美
• 醇郁
• 醇酎
• 醇酒 (chúnjiǔ)
• 醇酒婦人 / 醇酒妇人
• 醇醪
• 醇醨
• 醇醲 / 醇𬪩
• 醇類 / 醇类 (chúnlèi)
• 類固醇 / 类固醇 (lèigùchún)
• 飲醇自醉 / 饮醇自醉
• 香醇 (xiāngchún)

Japanese

Kanji

醇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. rich wine
2. pure, sincere, cordial

   Synonyms: 淳, 惇

Readings

• Go-on: じゅん (jun)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kun: もっぱら (moppara, 醇ら)、こい (koi, 醇い)、あつい (atsui, 醇い)

Korean

Hanja

醇 (eum 순 (sun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

醇: Hán Nôm readings: thuần

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