勻

See also: 匀

勻	U+52FB, 勻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FB

← 勺
[U+52FA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

勼 →
[U+52FC]

Translingual

Han character

勻 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心戈一 (PIM), four-corner 2712₀, composition ⿹勹二(GHTJ) or ⿹勹𠄠(K))

Derived characters

𢓈𢗋𤆥𤜼𪻎𥐩𥘩𥾡𧣏𧥺(𬣝) 𨊷𨟴𩿖𠣝𣌨𡖒𥪇𢻸𢼇𩿃𧥻𡉲𨥒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2496
Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 255, character 1
Unihan data for U+52FB

Chinese

trad.		勻
simp.		匀
alternative forms		匀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勻
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷin) : phonetic 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ) + semantic 呂 (“two gold plates”) – a unit of weight, original form of 鈞. The phonetic component is an ancient form of 螾 (see 旬), now written 勹. The component 呂 has corrupted into 二.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yún (yun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yun; ⁶ghon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yún
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yún
  - Wade–Giles: yün²
  - Yale: yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wan⁴
  - Yale: wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûn
  - Tâi-lô: ûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /un¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /un²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yun; ⁶ghon
  - MiniDict: yuin^去; ghon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn; ³hhon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/, /ɦoŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: ywin

Rime
Character	勻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊倫切
Baxter	ywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/juen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwin/
Li Rong	/iuĕn/
Wang Li	/jĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-q]ʷi[n]/, /*[ɢ]ʷi[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勻	勻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ ywin ›	‹ ywin ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-q]ʷi[n]/	/*[ɢ]ʷi[ŋ]/
English	even, uniform	little, few (Shuōwén)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勻
Reading #	1/1
No.	16412
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勻
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷin/

Definitions

勻

equal; even
to spare; to make even
勻出時間／匀出时间 ― yún chū shíjiān ― to spare time
(Cantonese) thoroughly; exhaustively
摷勻成個圖書館 [Cantonese, trad.]
摷匀成个图书馆 [Cantonese, simp.]
caau³ wan⁴ seng⁴ go³ tou⁴ syu¹ gun² [Jyutping]
to search thoroughly in the library

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

勻

(Hyōgai kanji)

equal, even, uniform

Readings

On (unclassified): いん (in)
Kun: すくない (sukunai); ひとしい (hitoshī)

Korean

Hanja

勻 • (gyun, yun) (hangeul 균, 윤, revised gyun, yun, McCune–Reischauer kyun, yun)

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