醇

醇	U+9187, 醇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9187

← 醆
[U+9186]

CJK Unified Ideographs

醈 →
[U+9188]

Translingual

Han character

醇 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜口木 (MWYRD), four-corner 1064₇, composition ⿰酉享)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1284, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39901
Dae Jaweon: page 1784, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3587, character 11
Unihan data for U+9187

Chinese

trad.		醇
simp. ^#		醇
alternative forms		醕𨣶𨣳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弴	tjuː, tuːn
敦	tuːl, doːn, tuːn, tuːns
錞	duːlʔ, duːls, *djun
憝	*duːls
憞	*duːls
譈	*duːls
鐓	*duːls
鷻	*doːn
鶉	doːn, djun
惇	tuːn, tjun
墩	*tuːn
驐	*tuːn
燉	tuːns, tʰuːn, *duːn
焞	tʰuːn, djun
啍	tʰuːn, duːn
暾	*tʰuːn
噋	tʰuːn, kʰʷaːɡ
諄	tjun, tjuns
埻	tjunʔ, kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
稕	*tjuns
醇	*djun
淳	*djun
犉	*njun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djun): semantic 酉 + phonetic 𦎧 (chún).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chún (chun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sùn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chún
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chún
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun²
  - Yale: chwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
  - Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seon⁴
  - Yale: sèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
  - Tâi-lô: sûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen
  - MiniDict: zen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/

Middle Chinese: dzywin

Rime
Character	醇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常倫切
Baxter	dzywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwin/
Li Rong	/ʑiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*djun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醇
Reading #	1/1
No.	2616
Phonetic component	敦
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	純
Old Chinese	/*djun/

Definitions

醇

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of alcoholic drink) rich; pure
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rich alcoholic drink
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 純 / 纯 (“pure”)
(organic chemistry) alcohol

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

醇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

rich wine
pure, sincere, cordial
Synonyms: 淳, 惇

Readings

Go-on: じゅん (jun)
Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
Kun: もっぱら (moppara, 醇ら)、こい (koi, 醇い)、あつい (atsui, 醇い)

Korean

Hanja

醇 (eum 순 (sun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

醇: Hán Nôm readings: thuần

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