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暈

See also: 晕
暈 U+6688, 暈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6688
← 暇
[U+6687] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 暉 →
[U+6689]
暈 U+F9C5, 暈
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C5
← 龍
[U+F9C4] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 阮 →
[U+F9C6]

Translingual

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Han character

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暈 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日月十十 (ABJJ) or 難日月十十 (XABJJ), four-corner 60506, composition ⿱日軍)

Derived characters

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Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 497, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14037
  • Dae Jaweon: page 865, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1527, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6688

Chinese

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trad. 暈
simp. 晕
alternative forms 煇

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 暈
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (軍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
揮 *qʰul
輝 *qʰul
翬 *qʰul
暉 *qʰul
煇 *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
楎 *qʰul, *ɡuːn
瀈 *qʰul
韗 *qʰons, *ɢuns
褌 *kuːn
鶤 *kuːn, *ɢuns
緷 *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
睴 *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
璭 *kuːns
瘒 *ŋɡuːn
顐 *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
諢 *ŋɡuːns
餫 *ɡuːn, *ɢuns
渾 *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
琿 *ɡuːn
鼲 *ɡuːn
堚 *ɡuːn
鯶 *ɡuːnʔ
軍 *kun
皸 *kun, *kuns
齳 *ŋɡunʔ
喗 *ŋɡunʔ
葷 *qʰun
惲 *qunʔ
賱 *qunʔ
運 *ɢuns
暈 *ɢuns
鄆 *ɢuns

Originally a pictogram (象形) – the sun (日) surrounded by lines on all sides – halo.

Now phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuns) : semantic 日 (“Sun”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Etymology

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Same word as 運 (OC *ɢuns, “to revolve; to move”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • ūn - literary;
  • hūn, n̄g - vernacular.
Rime
Character 暈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 王問切
Baxter hjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiunH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦunH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuənH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭuənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 暈
Reading # 1/1
No. 7342
Phonetic
component 		軍
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		運
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢuns/
Notes 見史記

Definitions

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暈

  1. (astronomy) halo (around the Sun or the Moon)
    日暈／日晕  ―  rìyùn  ―  solar halo
  2. ring of light or colour, or a blurred area surrounding a luminous or coloured object; halo around a light or colour
  3. blush; slight redness
  4. † ring-shaped pattern
  5. † bull's eye
  6. to spread; to proliferate; to seep through
  7. † to apply (colour, especially makeup)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 暈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 王問切
Baxter hjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiunH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦunH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuənH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭuənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 暈
Reading # 1/1
No. 7342
Phonetic
component 		軍
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		運
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢuns/
Notes 見史記

Definitions

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暈

  1. to make one feel dizzy; to feel the head spinning; to have vertigo

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Note:
  • ūn - literary;
  • hūn, n̄g - vernacular.

Definitions

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暈

  1. dizzy; giddy; lightheaded
  2. to faint; to pass out; to black out; to swoon
    暈咗幾分鐘／晕咗几分钟 [Cantonese]  ―  wan4 zo2 gei2 fan1 zung1 [Jyutping]  ―  fainted for several minutes
  3. (neologism, slang) to be overwhelmed (by something) and on the verge of passing out
    我暈！／我晕！  ―  Wǒ yūn!  ―  Oh my! [lit. I('m about to) faint.]
  4. (Sichuanese) to savour; to enjoy slowly and thoroughly
  5. (Cantonese, disapproving) extremely (used with the particle 到)
    貴到暈／贵到晕 [Cantonese]  ―  gwai3 dou3 wan4 [Jyutping]  ―  extremely expensive
    細到暈／细到晕 [Cantonese]  ―  sai3 dou3 wan4 [Jyutping]  ―  extremely small
Synonyms
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  • (dizzy):
Dialectal synonyms of 暈 (“dizzy; giddy”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 暈
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 暈
Singapore 暈
Cantonese Hong Kong 暈
Singapore (Guangfu) 暈
Southern Min Xiamen 眩
Quanzhou 眩
Zhangzhou 眩
Tainan 眩, 楞
Penang (Hokkien) 眩
Singapore (Hokkien) 眩, 楞
Manila (Hokkien) 眩
Raoping 眩
Jieyang 眩, 愩
Singapore (Teochew) 眩
Wenchang 眩
Singapore (Hainanese) 眩

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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暈

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. blur, haze
  2. mental haze or senility
  3. intentional blurring or gradation

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
暈
かさ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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暈(かさ) • (kasa) 

  1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
暈
うん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 暈 (MC hjunH).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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暈(うん) • (un) 

  1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Affix

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暈(うん) • (un) 

  1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
  2. dizzy; giddy

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “かさ 【笠・傘・暈】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ “うん 【暈】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Hanja

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暈 (eumhun 무리 훈 (muri hun))

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Etymology 2

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Hanja

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暈 (eumhun 어지러울 운 (eojireoul un))

  1. hanja form? of 운 (“halo”)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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暈: Hán Việt readings: vựng[1][2][3], vận (王(vương)問(vấn)切(thiết))[4], quầng[4]
暈: Nôm readings: vầng[1][2][3][5][4][6][7], vừng[1][2][3][4][6][7], quầng[3][5][4][6][7], vựng[1][4][5]

  1. Nôm form of vầng, vừng (“ring; circle”).
  2. Nôm form of quầng (“halo in the sky”).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Bonet (1899).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hồ (1976).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Génibrel (1898).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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