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U+4E91, 云
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E91

[U+4E90]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E92]

Translingual

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Stroke order
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Han character

(Kangxi radical 7, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一戈 (MMI), four-corner 10731, composition or 𠫔)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 254
  • Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 384, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4E91

Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 云, Shang ...
Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
*ɢuːn
*ɢuːn, *ɢun
*ɢuːn, *ɢuns
*ɢun
*ŋunʔ
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢunʔ
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Pictogram (象形): a stylized picture of clouds.

Jiajie (假借) - The character was subsequently borrowed for a near-homophone meaning "to say", and the original meaning came to be represented by (OC *ɢun), through the addition of a semantic component (“rain”).

The simplified form adopted by the People's Republic of China in the 1950s eliminates this later addition and uses for both "to say" and "cloud".

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“cloud; cloud; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms ("to stroll") Hokkien
("to stroll") Hokkien
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Perhaps cognate to (OC *ɢuds) (Wang Li, 1982).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4
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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yún
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə[r]/
English say

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.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16363
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢun/
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Definitions

  1. (literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)
  2. A particle.
  3. a surname:
    1. originated from (yún)
    2. originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of
    3. originated from surname 牒云
    4. simplified from
  4. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Philippine Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around; to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk
  5. (~母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (MC hjun), equivalent to the 3rd (děng) of the initial (MC yuH)
Synonyms
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Classical Chinese , , ,
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) ,  literary
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan ,
Malaysia ,
Singapore ,
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin
Jinan
Jiaoliao Mandarin Qingdao ,
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu
Wuhan
Guilin
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
Pematangsiantar
Jianghuai Mandarin Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Macau ,
Zhongshan (Shiqi) ,
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Taishan
Taishan (Guanghai)
Yunfu
Yangjiang ,
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Danzhou
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) ,
Penang (Guangfu) ,
Singapore (Guangfu) ,
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Mandalay (Taishan)
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian ,
Wuhua (Meilin)
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Kuching (Hepo)
Singapore (Dabu)
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan
Northern Min Jian'ou
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Fuqing
Singapore (Fuqing)
Southern Min Xiamen
Xiamen (Tong'an)
Quanzhou
Jinjiang
Shishi ,
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an ,
Dongshan
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien) ,
Chaozhou
Raoping
Shantou
Shantou (Chenghai)
Shantou (Chaoyang)
Jieyang
Lufeng
Haifeng
Bangkok (Teochew)
Phnom Penh (Teochew)
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
Singapore (Teochew)
Pontianak (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Haikou
Qionghai
Singapore (Hainanese)
Puxian Min Putian
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
Southern Pinghua Binyang ,
Wu Shanghai
Shanghai (Chongming)
Suzhou ,
Hangzhou , ,
Hangzhou (Yuhang) ,
Ningbo ,
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha
Xiangtan
Xiangxiang
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)
Shuangfeng ,
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Compounds

  • 不知所云 (bùzhīsuǒyún)
  • 云乎
  • 云乎哉
  • 云云 (yúnyún)
  • 云亡
  • 云亭
  • 云亭山人
  • 云何 (yúnhé)
  • 云喻
  • 云已
  • 云是
  • 云板
  • 云為
  • 云然
  • 云爾 (yún'ěr)
  • 云爾哉
  • 云者
  • 云耳 (yún'ěr)
  • 云胡
  • 云若
  • 云都赤
  • 人云亦云 (rényúnyìyún)
  • 但云
  • 唱云
  • 子曰詩云 (zǐyuēshīyún)
  • 歲聿云暮
  • 漫云
  • 牒云
  • 紛云
  • 聲云
  • 胡云
  • 背云
  • 胡云海嗙
  • 詩云子曰

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. say

Readings

  • Go-on: うん (un)
  • Kan-on: うん (un)
  • Kun: いう (iu, 云う)いふ (ifu, 云ふ, historical)
  • Nanori: おき (oki)これ (kore)とも (tomo)ひと (hito)

Compounds

Etymology

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うん
Jinmeiyō
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From Middle Chinese (MC hjun).

Pronunciation

Affix

(うん) (un) 

  1. say

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(eum (un))

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Vietnamese

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