# 殞

| 殞 | U+6B9E, &#27550; 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 1628$_6$, composition ⿰歹員)
* die, perish
* vanish
* to fall

#### 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (yun$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wan$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ūng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ong$^3$ / uong$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ún
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$yun / $^6$yon / $^3$iun
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǔn
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǔn
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^3$
*** Yale: yǔn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeun
*** Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wan$^5$
*** Yale: wáhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐn¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ūng
*** Sinological IPA : /uŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /uoŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
*** Tâi-lô: ún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uon
*** IPA (Xiamen): /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yun
*** MiniDict: yuin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhyn
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦyəŋ¹¹³/
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yon
*** MiniDict: yon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhion
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$iun
*** 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 | wan$^5$ |
* 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):
* 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 ($^5$shi-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

* 大星殞落 / 大星殒落
* 夭殞 / 夭殒
* 心殞膽破 / 心殒胆破
* 心殞膽落 / 心殒胆落
* 捐軀殞首 / 捐躯殒首
* 殞命 / 殒命 (yǔnmìng)
* 殞沒 / 殒没
* 殞石 / 殒石
* 殞落 / 殒落
* 殞身滅命 / 殒身灭命
* 殞身碎首 / 殒身碎首
* 香消玉殞 / 香消玉殒

### References

* “殞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “殒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 296.
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* fall
* die

#### Readings

* Go-on: いん (in)
* Kan-on: いん (in)
* 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)
* die, perish
* vanish
* fall

## Vietnamese
### Han character

殞: Hán Nôm readings: vẫn
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#### References

* Nom Foundation