殞

See also: 殒 and 隕

殞	U+6B9E, 殞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B9E

← 殝
[U+6B9D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

殟 →
[U+6B9F]

Translingual

Han character

殞 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一弓口月金 (MNRBC), four-corner 1628₆, composition ⿰歹員)

Derived characters

𭮝

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 582, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16535
Dae Jaweon: page 975, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1392, character 4
Unihan data for U+6B9E

Chinese

trad.		殞
simp.		殒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
員	ɢon, ɢun
圓	*ɢon
塤	*qʰon
損	*sqʰuːnʔ
縜	*ɢun
隕	*ɢunʔ
殞	*ɢunʔ
溳	ɢunʔ, ɢun
磒	*ɢunʔ
霣	*ɢunʔ
愪	ɢunʔ, ɢun
勛	*qʰun
鄖	*ɢun
篔	*ɢun
貟	ɢun, ɢuns
韻	*ɢʷɯns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔn (yun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶yun / ⁶yon / ³iun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔn
  - Wade–Giles: yün³
  - Yale: yǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeun
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wan⁵
  - Yale: wáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yun
  - MiniDict: yuin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦyəŋ¹¹³/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yon
  - MiniDict: yon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³iun
  - MiniDict: iuin^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /yn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: hwinX

Rime
Character	殞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于敏切
Baxter	hwinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjin^X/
Li Rong	/ɣjuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/ɣǐĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16205
Phonetic component	員
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	殞
Old Chinese	/*ɢunʔ/

Definitions

殞

to die; to perish
Synonym: 死 (sǐ)
Alternative form of 隕 / 陨 (“to fall from the sky”)

Synonyms

(to die):

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫 / 死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Compounds

References

“殞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese

Kanji

殞

(Hyōgai kanji)

fall
die

Readings

Go-on: いん (in)^{←ゐん (win, historical)}
Kan-on: いん (in)^{←ゐん (win, historical)}
Kun: おちる (ochiru, 殞ちる)、おとす (otosu, 殞とす)、しぬ (shinu, 殞ぬ)

Derived terms

殞石

Korean

Hanja

殞 • (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune–Reischauer un, Yale wun)

Vietnamese

Han character

殞: Hán Nôm readings: vẫn

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