蘊

See also: 藴 and 蕴

蘊 U+860A, 蘊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-860A ← 蘉 [U+8609] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘋 → [U+860B]

Translingual

Traditional	蘊
Shinjitai (extended)	藴
Simplified	蕴

Han character

蘊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火廿 (TVFT), four-corner 4491₇, composition ⿱艹縕)

Derived characters

• 𢺝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1068, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32434
• Dae Jaweon: page 1534, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3323, character 13
• Unihan data for U+860A

Chinese

trad.		蘊/藴
simp.		蕴
alternative forms		薀／蕰

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quns) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 縕.

Etymology 1

Compare 韞／韫 (yùn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁵ / wan³ / wan² / wan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ūng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ong³ / uong³ / ong⁵ / uong⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ung²

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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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wan⁵ / wan³ / wan² / wan¹
    • Yale: wáhn / wan / wán / wān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁵ / wan³ / wan² / wan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁵ / wen³ / wen² / wen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn¹³/, /wɐn³³/, /wɐn³⁵/, /wɐn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: uong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔŋ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: uong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùn
    • Tâi-lô: ùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jun

Rime
Character	蘊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於云切
Baxter	'jun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiun/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔun/
Li Rong	/ʔiuən/
Wang Li	/ĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘊
Reading #	1/1
No.	12998
Phonetic component	昷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	醖
Old Chinese	/*quns/

Definitions

蘊

1. (literary) to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain
2. (literary) profoundness; profundity
3. (Buddhism) skandha

Compounds

• 五蘊／五蕴 (wǔyùn)
• 內蘊／内蕴
• 包蘊／包蕴 (bāoyùn)
• 含蘊／含蕴
• 富蘊／富蕴 (Fùyùn)
• 底蘊／底蕴 (dǐyùn)
• 意蘊／意蕴 (yìyùn)
• 慶蘊／庆蕴
• 水蘊草／水蕴草
• 玄蘊／玄蕴
• 義蘊／义蕴 (yìyùn)
• 蒶蘊／𰱍蕴
• 蘊匵／蕴𰅥
• 蘊压
• 蘊含／蕴含 (yùnhán)
• 蘊和／蕴和
• 蘊奧／蕴奥
• 蘊崇／蕴崇
• 蘊年／蕴年
• 蘊意／蕴意 (yùnyì)
• 蘊慉／蕴慉
• 蘊涵／蕴涵 (yùnhán)
• 蘊結／蕴结
• 蘊聚／蕴聚
• 蘊蓄／蕴蓄 (yùnxù)
• 蘊藉／蕴借
• 蘊藏／蕴藏 (yùncáng)
• 蘊藹／蕴蔼
• 蘊蘊／蕴蕴
• 蘊隆／蕴隆

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wan¹
    • Yale: wān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵/

Definitions

蘊

1. ^† mare's tail, water plants of the genus Hippuris

Compounds

• 蘊草／蕴草
• 蘊藻／蕴藻

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蕴”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 296.
• 莆田县县志編輯委員会 [Putian County Chronicle Editorial Committee], editor (1964), 莆田方言志（語音編） [Chronicle of Putian Dialect (Volume of Phonetics)] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min).

Japanese

Shinjitai	藴
Kyūjitai	蘊

Kanji

蘊

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 藴)

1. pile up
2. deep inside
3. aggregate

Readings

• Go-on: うん (un)、おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kan-on: うん (un)、おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 蘊める)^{←をさめる (wosameru, 蘊める, historical)}、たくわえる (takuwaeru, 蘊える)^{←たくはへる (takufaferu, 蘊へる, historical)}、つむ (tsumu, 蘊む)
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu)^{←をさむ (wosamu, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 蘊(うん)奥(おう) (un'ō), 蘊(うん)奥(のう) (unnō, “mysteries”)
• 蘊(うん)藉(しゃ) (unsha)
• 蘊(うん)蓄(ちく) (unchiku, “vast stock of knowledge”)
• 行(ぎょう)蘊(うん) (gyōun)
• 五(ご)蘊(うん) (gōn, “five skandhas of Buddhism”)
• 色(しき)蘊(うん) (shikiun)
• 識(しき)蘊(うん) (shikiun)
• 受(じゅ)蘊(うん) (jūn, “perception”)
• 想(そう)蘊(うん) (sōun)
• 秘(ひ)蘊(うん) (hiun)
• 余(よ)蘊(うん) (yōn, “inexhaustible supply”)
• 海蘊(モズク) (mozuku): Cladosiphon okamuranus, a type of edible seaweed

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蘊
うん Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 蘊 (MC 'jun).

The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandha, “collection, grouping, heap”) or Pali khandha (“collection, heap”). See entry at 五蘊 (goun).

Alternative forms

• 薀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ɴ]

Affix

蘊(うん) • (un) 

1. pile up; gather; accumulate
2. depths; bottom; interior
3. (Buddhism) skandha (aggregate)

Noun

蘊(うん) • (un) 

1. abundance, plentifulness
2. (Buddhism) a skandha (aggregate)

   Synonym: 陰 (on)

   Hyponyms: 色 (shiki), 受 (ju), 想 (sō), 行 (gyō), 識 (shiki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蘊
おさむ Hyōgai
nanori

Proper noun

蘊(おさむ) • (Osamu) ^{←をさむ (Wosamu)?}

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds

• 五蘊 (오온, oon): the five skandhas of Buddhism

Vietnamese

Han character

蘊: Hán Nôm readings: uẩn, uẫn

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