# 醇

| 醇 | U+9187, &#37255; 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 1064$_7$, 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

* 醇 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 醇 (Cantonese)
* 醇 (Classical)

### Glyph origin

| | 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 (chun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seon$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sùn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sung$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chún
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chún
*** Wade–Giles: chʻun$^2$
*** Yale: chwún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
*** Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seon$^4$
*** Yale: sèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: sun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sun$^2$
*** 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: sung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
*** Sinological IPA : /suŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zen
*** MiniDict: zen$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zen
*** 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 | seon$^4$ |
* 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

* 一級醇 / 一级醇 (yījíchún)
* 丁醇 (dīngchún)
* 三級醇 / 三级醇 (sānjíchún)
* 丙醇 (bǐngchún)
* 乙二醇 (yǐ'èrchún)
* 乙醇 (yǐchún)
* 二級醇 / 二级醇 (èrjíchún)
* 仲醇 (zhòngchún)
* 伯醇 (bóchún)
* 叔醇 (shūchún)
* 品行端醇
* 固醇 (gùchún)
* 大醇小疵 (dàchúnxiǎocī)
* 木醇
* 清醇
* 烯丙醇 (xībǐngchún)
* 環己醇 / 环己醇 (huánjǐchún)
* 甘醇 (gānchún)
* 甲醇 (jiǎchún)
* 白藜蘆醇 / 白藜芦醇 (báilílúchún)
* 膽固醇 / 胆固醇 (dǎngùchún)
* 苯甲醇 (běnjiǎchún)
* 醇備 / 醇备
* 醇儒
* 醇化
* 醇厚 (chúnhòu)
* 醇和
* 醇朴
* 醇碧
* 醇粹
* 醇美
* 醇郁
* 醇酎
* 醇酒 (chúnjiǔ)
* 醇酒婦人 / 醇酒妇人
* 醇醪
* 醇醨
* 醇醲 / 醇𬪩
* 醇類 / 醇类 (chúnlèi)
* 類固醇 / 类固醇 (lèigùchún)
* 飲醇自醉 / 饮醇自醉
* 香醇 (xiāngchún)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* rich wine

#### 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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