温

See also: 溫

温 U+6E29, 温 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E29 ← 渨 [U+6E28] CJK Unified Ideographs 渪 → [U+6E2A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	温
Simplified	温
Traditional	溫

Han character

温 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日月廿 (EABT), four-corner 3611₂, composition ⿰氵昷)

Derived characters

• 蕰, 𡀦

Related characters

• 溫 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17774
• Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1675, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E29

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 温
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

An unorthodox variant simplified from 溫 (𥁕 → 昷) which can be found in various historical dictionaries.

Eventually adopted as an official form by the People's Republic of China in 1965 based on the Xin Zixing (新字形) standardized form of characters.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 温 – see 溫 (“lukewarm; warm; to warm up; to raise the temperature of; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes

This character is also the preferred form used in modern Hong Kong, where traditional Chinese is used.

Japanese

Shinjitai	温
Kyūjitai	溫

Kanji

温

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 溫)

1. warm

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on, Jōyō)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kan-on: おん (on, Jōyō)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Tō-on: うん (un)
• Kun: あたたか (atataka, 温か, Jōyō); あたたかい (atatakai, 温かい, Jōyō); あたためる (atatameru, 温める, Jōyō); あたたまる (atatamaru, 温まる, Jōyō); ぬるい (nurui, 温い); ぬくい (nukui, 温い); ぬくめる (nukumeru, 温める); ぬくまる (nukumaru, 温まる); ぬくもる (nukumoru, 温もる); ぬくもり (nukumori, 温もり)

Compounds

• 温泉(おんせん) (onsen): hot spring

Etymology

Kanji in this term
温
おん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
溫 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 溫 (MC 'won).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɴ]

Affix

温(おん) • (on) ^{←をん (won)?}

1. warm

Proper noun

温(おん) • (On) ^{←をん (won)?}

1. a male given name

Vietnamese

Han character

温: Hán Nôm readings: ồn, ổn, ôn

1. Variant of 溫
2. lukewarm

References

• Nom Foundation