韞

韞

See also: 韫

韞 U+97DE, 韞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97DE ← 韝 [U+97DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 韟 → [U+97DF]

Translingual

Han character

韞 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木手日月廿 (DQABT) or 木手田人廿 (DQWOT), four-corner 4651₇, composition ⿰韋昷(GV) or ⿰韋𥁕(HTJK))

1. an orange color
2. hide, conceal

Derived characters

• 𧄧

References

• KangXi: page 1395, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43191
• Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4508, character 2
• Unihan data for U+97DE

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Chinese

trad.		韞
simp.		韫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
媪
蝹	*quːʔ, *qrun, *qun
溫	*quːn
𥁕	*quːn
輼	*quːn
蕰	*quːn, *qunʔ, *quns
殟	*quːn, *quːd
豱	*quːn
緼	*quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns
韞	*quːn, *qunʔ
瘟	*quːn
揾	*quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd
氲	*qun
煴	*qun, *quns
馧	*qun, *quːd
蒀
藴	*qun, *qunʔ
褞	*qunʔ
醖
慍	*quns
蘊	*quns
腽	*quːd
榅	*quːd
嗢	*quːd, *qruːd

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan³, wan²

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

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨun^X/

Rime
Character	韞
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於粉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨunX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiunX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔunX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuənX/
Wang Li	/ĭuənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韞
Reading #	2/2
No.	12987
Phonetic component	昷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	惲
Old Chinese	/*qunʔ/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

韞

1. (literary) to contain; to hold in store

   • 有美玉於斯，韞匵而藏諸？求善賈而沽諸？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有美玉于斯，韫匵而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu měiyù yú sī, yùndú ér cáng zhū? Qiú shànjià ér gū zhū? [Pinyin]

     There is a beautiful gem here. Should I lay it up in a case and keep it? or should I seek for a good price and sell it?

2. (literary) to hide; to conceal

Compounds

韜光韞玉／韬光韫玉 韞櫝／韫椟

韞櫝待價／韫椟待价 韞櫝未酤／韫椟未酤

韞櫝而藏／韫椟而藏 韞櫝藏珠／韫椟藏珠

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēn (wen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹
    • Yale: wān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔuən/

Rime
Character	韞
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏渾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuən/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuon/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwən/
Li Rong	/ʔuən/
Wang Li	/uən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韞
Reading #	1/2
No.	12976
Phonetic component	昷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥁕
Old Chinese	/*quːn/

Definitions

韞

1. ^† a red or orange color
2. ^† bow case

Compounds

韞韍／韫韨

References

• “韞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

韞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. an orange color
2. hide
3. conceal

Readings

• On (unclassified): おん (on), うん (un)
• Kun: かきいろ (kakiiro)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. hide
2. cover
3. box
4. orange