蓊鬱

See also: 蓊郁

Chinese

		a plant in bloom; thick	dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (蓊鬱)		蓊	鬱
simp. (蓊郁)		蓊	郁
alternative forms		蓊欝／蓊郁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěngyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˇ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² wat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěngyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒngyù
    • Wade–Giles: wêng³-yü⁴
    • Yale: wěng-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woengyuh
    • Palladius: вэнъюй (vɛnʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung² wat¹
    • Yale: yúng wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung² wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung² wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵ wɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwng|'uwngX 'jut

Rime
Character	蓊	蓊	鬱
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	烏紅切	烏孔切	紆物切
Baxter	'uwng	'uwngX	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwŋ/	/ʔəwŋX/	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/uŋ/	/uŋX/	/ĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēng	wěng	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ung1	ung2	wat1

Adjective

蓊鬱

1. (literary, of vegetation) luxuriant; flourishing; exuberant
2. (literary, of clouds) dense; thick

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓊	鬱
おう Hyōgaiji	うつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おーうつ [òóútsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Adjective

蓊(おう)鬱(うつ) • (ōutsu) ^{←をううつ (wouutu)?†}-tari (adnominal 蓊(おう)鬱(うつ)とした (ōutsu to shita) or 蓊(おう)鬱(うつ)たる (ōutsu taru), adverbial 蓊(おう)鬱(うつ)と (ōutsu to) or 蓊(おう)鬱(うつ)として (ōutsu to shite))

1. having trees or grass that are extensively overgrowing