醇

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

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Chinese

trad.		醇
simp. #		醇

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 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chún (chun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ

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

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 醇

1. ^† (of alcoholic drink) rich; pure
2. ^† rich alcoholic drink
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 純／纯 (“pure”).
4. (organic chemistry) alcohol

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Japanese

Kanji

醇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. rich wine

Readings

• Go-on: じゅん (jun)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)

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Korean

Hanja

醇 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 醇 (thuần)

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