潤

See also: 润

潤 U+6F64, 潤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F64 ← 潣 [U+6F63] CJK Unified Ideographs 潥 → [U+6F65]

Translingual

Han character

潤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓土 (EANG), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵閏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18255
• Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1748, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6F64

Chinese

trad.		潤
simp.		润

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撋	*njon
瞤	*njun
潤	*njuns
閏	*njuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njuns) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 閏 (OC *njuns, “surplus”) — an ample amount of moisture.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùn (run⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeon⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yun
• Northern Min (KCR): nē̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lūn / jūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùn
    • Wade–Giles: jun⁴
    • Yale: rwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruenn
    • Palladius: жунь (žunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jeon⁶
    • Yale: yeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nē̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūn
    • Tâi-lô: lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lun
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jūn
    • Tâi-lô: jūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zun²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zun³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zuŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nywinH

Rime
Character	潤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如順切
Baxter	nywinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwinH/
Li Rong	/ȵiuĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeon6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njuns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潤
Reading #	1/1
No.	10926
Phonetic component	閏
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閠
Old Chinese	/*njuns/

Definitions

潤

1. wet; moist; damp
2. sleek; glossy
3. to moisten; to wet; to dampen
4. to polish (a piece of writing, etc.); to touch up; to embellish; to enrich
5. profit (excess of revenue over cost)
6. (Cantonese) to ridicule; to tease; to make fun of
   • 1991, Fight Back to School, spoken by Chow Sing-sing (Stephen Chow):

     我噉講唔係想潤你。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我噉讲唔系想润你。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ gam² gong² m⁴ hai⁶ soeng² jeon⁶ nei⁵. [Jyutping]

     I did not meant to make fun of you.

Synonyms

• (wet):

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• 潮 (cháo)
• 潮潤／潮润 (cháorùn) (of the atmosphere, soil, etc.)
• 潮濕／潮湿 (cháoshī)
• 澹濕／澹湿 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 濕嘰嘰／湿叽叽 (si² ji¹ ji¹) (Sichuanese)
• 濕潤／湿润 (shīrùn)
• 濡濕／濡湿 (rúshī)

 

• (to moisten): 潤澤／润泽 (rùnzé), 濕潤／湿润 (shīrùn), 滋潤／滋润 (zīrùn)
• (to polish):

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• 修飾／修饰 (xiūshì)
• 文飾／文饰 (literary)
• 潤色／润色 (rùnsè)
• 潤飾／润饰 (rùnshì)
• 雕琢 (diāozhuó) (figurative)
• 雕鑿／雕凿 (diāozáo) (figurative)

 

• (profit):

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• 利潤／利润 (lìrùn)
• 利益 (lìyì)
• 利純／利纯 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 利頭／利头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 盈利 (yínglì)
• 賺／赚 (informal)
• 賺頭／赚头 (zhuàntou) (informal)
• 賺頭兒／赚头儿 (zhuàntour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 長頭／长头 (Hokkien)

 

Compounds

• 不潤／不润
• 光潤／光润 (guāngrùn)
• 冰清玉潤／冰清玉润
• 分潤／分润 (fēnrùn)
• 利潤／利润 (lìrùn)
• 刪潤／删润
• 利潤所得／利润所得
• 圓潤／圆润 (yuánrùn)
• 平均利潤／平均利润
• 德潤傭書／德润佣书
• 才非玉潤／才非玉润
• 抃風舞潤／抃风舞润
• 於民潤國／于民润国
• 沾潤／沾润
• 河潤／河润
• 津潤／津润
• 浸潤／浸润 (jìnrùn)
• 浸潤之譖／浸润之谮
• 淹潤／淹润
• 滋潤／滋润 (zīrùn)
• 滑潤／滑润 (huárùn)
• 溫潤／温润 (wēnrùn)
• 溼潤／湿润 (shīrùn)
• 溫潤如玉／温润如玉
• 潤下／润下
• 潤喉／润喉 (rùnhóu)
• 潤屋／润屋 (rùnwū)
• 潤屋潤身／润屋润身
• 潤格／润格
• 潤溼／润湿 (rùnshī)
• 潤滑／润滑 (rùnhuá)
• 潤滑劑／润滑剂 (rùnhuájì)
• 潤滑油／润滑油 (rùnhuáyóu)
• 潤澤／润泽 (rùnzé)
• 潤益／润益
• 潤筆／润笔 (rùnbǐ)
• 潤肺／润肺
• 潤膚／润肤 (rùnfū)
• 潤膩／润腻
• 潤色／润色 (rùnsè)
• 潤資／润资 (rùnzī)
• 潤身／润身 (rùnshēn)
• 潤飾／润饰 (rùnshì)
• 潤餅／润饼 (rùnbǐng)
• 玉潤珠圓／玉润珠圆
• 珠圓玉潤／珠圆玉润 (zhūyuányùrùn)
• 瑩潤／莹润
• 礎潤而雨／础润而雨
• 祛痰潤肺／祛痰润肺
• 紅潤／红润 (hóngrùn)
• 經濟利潤／经济利润
• 脂膏不潤／脂膏不润
• 脩潤／脩润
• 膏潤／膏润
• 豐潤／丰润 (fēngrùn)
• 風調雨潤／风调雨润
• 香潤玉溫／香润玉温
• 鮮潤／鲜润

 

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from English run, via Hanyu Pinyin rùn.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùn (run⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùn
    • Wade–Giles: jun⁴
    • Yale: rwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruenn
    • Palladius: жунь (žunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ən⁵¹/

Definitions

潤

1. (neologism, Mainland China, Internet slang) to run away; to flee

   哈人，我先潤了。 [MSC, trad.]
   哈人，我先润了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hārén, wǒ xiān rùn le. [Pinyin]

   That's scary. I'm gonna run away.

2. (neologism, Mainland China, Internet slang) to emigrate, usually in the context of leaving (running away from) mainland China

   潤日／润日  ―  rùnrì  ―  to move to Japan

   請大家指點如何潤去加拿大？ [MSC, trad.]
   请大家指点如何润去加拿大？ [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng dàjiā zhǐdiǎn rúhé rùn qù Jiānádà? [Pinyin]

   Can people give suggestions on how to emigrate to Canada?

Compounds

• 潤學／润学

 

Japanese

Kanji

潤

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
• Kun: うるおう (uruou, 潤う, Jōyō)、うるおい (uruoi, 潤い)、うるむ (urumu, 潤む, Jōyō)、うるおす (uruosu, 潤す, Jōyō)、めぐみ (megumi)

Proper noun

潤(じゅん) • (Jun) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

潤 • (yun) (hangeul 윤, revised yun, McCune–Reischauer yun, Yale yun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

潤: Hán Nôm readings: nhuần, nhuận

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