勻

See also: 匀

勻 U+52FB, 勻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FB ← 勺 [U+52FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 勼 → [U+52FC]

Translingual

Han character

勻 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心戈一 (PIM), four-corner 2712₀, composition ⿹勹二(GHTJ) or ⿹勹𠄠(K))

Derived characters

• 𢓈 𢗋 𤆥 𤜼 𪻎 𥐩 𥘩 𥾡 𧣏 𧥺(𬣝) 𨊷 𨟴 𩿖 𠣝 𣌨 𡖒 𥪇 𢻸 𢼇 𩿃 𧥻 𡉲 𨥒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2496
• Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 255, character 1
• Unihan data for U+52FB

Chinese

trad.		勻
simp.		匀
alternative forms		匀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勻
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷin) : phonetic 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ) + semantic 呂 (“two gold plates”) – a unit of weight, original form of 鈞. The phonetic component is an ancient form of 螾 (see 旬), now written 勹. The component 呂 has corrupted into 二.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yún (yun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yun; ⁶ghon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yún
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yún
    • Wade–Giles: yün²
    • Yale: yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûn
    • Tâi-lô: ûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yun; ⁶ghon
    • MiniDict: yuin^去; ghon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn; ³hhon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/, /ɦoŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ywin

Rime
Character	勻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊倫切
Baxter	ywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/juen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwin/
Li Rong	/iuĕn/
Wang Li	/jĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-q]ʷi[n]/, /*[ɢ]ʷi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勻	勻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ ywin ›	‹ ywin ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-q]ʷi[n]/	/*[ɢ]ʷi[ŋ]/
English	even, uniform	little, few (Shuōwén)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勻
Reading #	1/1
No.	16412
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勻
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷin/

Definitions

勻

1. equal; even
2. to spare; to make even

   勻出時間／匀出时间  ―  yún chū shíjiān  ―  to spare time

3. (Cantonese) thoroughly; exhaustively

   摷勻成個圖書館 [Cantonese, trad.]
   摷匀成个图书馆 [Cantonese, simp.]

   caau³ wan⁴ seng⁴ go³ tou⁴ syu¹ gun² [Jyutping]

   to search thoroughly in the library

Compounds

• 不勻／不匀
• 不調勻／不调匀
• 停勻／停匀
• 勻停／匀停
• 勻兌／匀兑
• 勻出／匀出 (yúnchū)
• 勻實／匀实
• 勻整／匀整
• 勻旬／匀旬
• 勻淨／匀净
• 勻溜／匀溜
• 勻稱／匀称 (yúnchèn)
• 勻臉／匀脸
• 勻面／匀面
• 均勻／均匀 (jūnyún)
• 拌勻／拌匀 (bànyún)
• 晝夜停勻／昼夜停匀
• 細勻／细匀
• 肥勻明秀／肥匀明秀
• 調勻／调匀

 

Japanese

Kanji

勻

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. equal, even, uniform

Readings

• On (unclassified): いん (in)
• Kun: すくない (sukunai)、ひとしい (hitoshī)

Korean

Hanja

勻 • (gyun, yun) (hangeul 균, 윤, revised gyun, yun, McCune–Reischauer kyun, yun)

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