See also:
U+6688, 暈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6688

[U+6687]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6689]
U+F9C5, 暈
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C5

[U+F9C4]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9C6]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 72, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日月十十 (ABJJ) or X日月十十 (XABJJ), four-corner 60506, composition)

Further reading


Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

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

Now phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢuns) : semantic (Sun) + phonetic (OC *kun).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1


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

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

Definitions

  1. (astronomy) halo (around the Sun or the Moon)
       yùn   solar halo
  2. a 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

  • 暈珥晕珥
  • 月暈月晕 (yuèyùn)
  • 月暈效應月晕效应
  • 月暈而風月晕而风
  • 環暈环晕
  • 眼暈眼晕
  • 紅暈红晕
  • 血暈血晕 (xuèyùn)
  • 酒暈酒晕

Pronunciation 2



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

Definitions

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

Compounds

  • 倒暈妝倒晕妆
  • 暈機晕机 (yùnjī)
  • 暈池晕池
  • 暈臺晕台

Pronunciation 3


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

Definitions

  1. dizzy; giddy; lightheaded
  2. to faint; to pass out; to black out; to swoon
    分鐘分钟 [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
       yūn!   Oh my! [lit. I('m about to) faint.]
  4. (Sichuanese) to savour; to enjoy slowly and thoroughly
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 頭暈目眩头晕目眩
  • 頭暈眼昏头晕眼昏
  • 頭暈眼花头晕眼花
  • 頭暈眼黑头晕眼黑

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かさ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(かさ) (kasa) 

  1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
うん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦɨunH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(うん) (un) 

  1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Affix

(うん) (un) 

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

References

  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 무리 (muri hun))

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Hanja

(eumhun 어지러울 (eojireoul un))

  1. Hanja form? of (halo).

References


Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: vựng[1][2][3], vận ((vương)(vấn)(thiết))[4], quầng[4]
: 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

  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Bonet (1899).
  5. Hồ (1976).
  6. Génibrel (1898).
  7. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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