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

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/

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	/ȵiuɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwin^H/
Li Rong	/ȵiuĕn^H/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuĕn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uĕn^H/
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

wet; moist; damp
sleek; glossy
to moisten; to wet; to dampen
to polish (a piece of writing, etc.); to touch up; to embellish; to enrich
profit (excess of revenue over cost)
(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

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from English run, via Hanyu Pinyin rùn.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rùn (run⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄣˋ

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

(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.
(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)

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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