𥁕

See also: 昷

𥁕 U+25055, 𥁕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-25055 ← 𥁔 [U+25054] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𥁖 → [U+25056]

Translingual

Han character

𥁕 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+5, 10 strokes, composition ⿱囚皿)

Derived characters

• 溫, 媼, 慍, 搵, 榲, 膃, 氳, 熅, 縕, 轀, 醞, 鰮, 蒕, 薀, 蘊

Descendants

• 昷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 793, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2560, character 1
• Unihan data for U+25055

Chinese

trad.		𥁕/昷*
simp.		昷*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 𥁕
Shang
Oracle bone script

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

ideogram (指事) showing a person (人) bathing in warm water (now written 囗) in a container (皿) (Ji Xusheng, 2004) full of warm water; later replaced by its popular variant 温.

Alternatively, according to Xu Shen, Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囚 (“prisoner”) + 皿 (“dish”) – feeding a prisoner from a dish. However, the shape in the oracle bones is different.

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/

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• Middle Chinese: 'won

Rime
Character	𥁕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏渾切
Baxter	'won
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤun/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	𥁕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwon ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁun/
English	kind (adj.)
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	𥁕
Reading #	1/1
No.	12970
Phonetic component	昷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥁕
Old Chinese	/*quːn/

Definitions

𥁕

1. kind; benevolent; humane

Usage notes

This character lacks character support in GB 18030 in mainland China and CNS11643 in Taiwan. The character 昷 (U+6637) is used instead.

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 122

Japanese

Kanji

𥁕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): おん (on)
• Kun: めぐむ (megumu, 𥁕む)