韞

See also: 韫

韞 U+97DE, 韞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97DE ← 韝 [U+97DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 韟 → [U+97DF]

Translingual

Han character

韞 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木手日月廿 (DQABT) or 木手田人廿 (DQWOT), four-corner 4651₇, composition ⿰韋昷(GV) or ⿰韋𥁕(HTJK))

1. an orange color
2. hide, conceal

Derived characters

• 𧄧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1395, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43191
• Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4508, character 2
• Unihan data for U+97DE

Chinese

trad.		韞
simp.		韫

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan³ / wan²
• Eastern Min (BUC): ūng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ong³ / uong³
• 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: wan³ / wan²
    • Yale: wan / wán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan³ / wan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen³ / wen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³³/, /wɐn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ong³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: eông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: uong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ³³²/
• 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: 'junX

Rime
Character	韞
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於粉切
Baxter	'junX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨunX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiunX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔunX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuənX/
Wang Li	/ĭuənX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韞
Reading #	2/2
No.	12987
Phonetic component	昷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	惲
Old Chinese	/*qunʔ/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

韞

1. (literary) to contain; to hold in store

   • 有美玉於斯，韞匵而藏諸？求善賈而沽諸？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     有美玉于斯，韫𰅥而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu měiyù yú sī, yùn dú ér cáng zhū? Qiú shànjià ér gū zhū? [Pinyin]

     There is a beautiful gem here. Should I lay it up in a case and keep it? or should I seek for a good price and sell it?

2. (literary) to hide; to conceal

Compounds

• 韜光韞玉 / 韬光韫玉
• 韞匵 / 韫𰅥
• 韞櫝 / 韫椟
• 韞櫝待價 / 韫椟待价
• 韞櫝未酤 / 韫椟未酤
• 韞櫝而藏 / 韫椟而藏
• 韞櫝藏珠 / 韫椟藏珠

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 韞 – see 困 (“to be surrounded; to be trapped”). (This character is a variant form of 困).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēn (wen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
    • Tâi-lô: un
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'won

Rime
Character	韞
Reading #	1/2
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韞
Reading #	1/2
No.	12976
Phonetic component	昷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥁕
Old Chinese	/*quːn/

Definitions

韞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a red or orange color
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bow case

Compounds

• 韞韍 / 韫韨

References

• “韞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “韫”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 296.

Japanese

Kanji

韞

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. an orange color
2. hide
3. conceal

Readings

• On (unclassified): おん (on)、うん (un)
• Kun: つつむ (tsutsumu, 韞む)、おさめる (osameru, 韞める)、かくす (kakusu, 韞す)、かきいろ (kakīro)

References

• “韞”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

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

1. hide
2. cover
3. box
4. orange