# 韞

| 韞 | U+97DE, &#38878; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97DE |
| ← 韝 [U+97DD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 韟 → [U+97DF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

韞 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木手日月廿 (DQABT) or 木手田人廿 (DQWOT), four-corner 4651$_7$, composition ⿰韋昷(GV) or ⿰韋𥁕(HTJK))
* an orange color
* hide, conceal

#### Derived characters

* 𧄧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1395, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43191
* Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4508, character 2
* Unihan data for U+97DE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 媪 |
| 蝹 | *quːʔ, *qrun, *qun |
| 溫 | *quːn |
| 𥁕 | *quːn |
| 輼 | *quːn |
| 蕰 | *quːn, *qunʔ, *quns |
| 殟 | *quːn, *quːd |
| 豱 | *quːn |
| 緼 | *quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns |
| 韞 | *quːn, *qunʔ |
| 瘟 | *quːn |
| 揾 | *quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd |
| 氲 | *qun |
| 煴 | *qun, *quns |
| 馧 | *qun, *quːd |
| 蒀 |
| 藴 | *qun, *qunʔ |
| 褞 | *qunʔ |
| 醖 |
| 慍 | *quns |
| 蘊 | *quns |
| 腽 | *quːd |
| 榅 | *quːd |
| 嗢 | *quːd, *qruːd |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yùn (yun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wan$^3$ / wan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yùn
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^4$
*** Yale: yùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunn
*** Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wan$^3$ / wan$^2$
*** Yale: wan / wán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wan$^3$ / wan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wen$^3$ / wen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐn³³/, /wɐn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'junX
Rime :
| Character | 韞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於粉切 |
| Baxter | 'junX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨun$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiun$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuən$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔun$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiuən$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭuən$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯uən$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǔn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wan$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qunʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 韞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12987 |
| Phonetic component | 昷 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 惲 |
| Old Chinese | /*qunʔ/ |
| Notes | 見論語 |

#### Definitions

韞
* (literary) to contain; to hold in store
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yǒu měiyù yú sī, yùn dú ér cáng zhū? Qiú shànjià ér gū zhū? [Pinyin]
    There is a beautiful gem here. Should I lay it up in a case and keep it? or should I seek for a good price and sell it?
* (literary) to hide; to conceal

#### Compounds

* 韜光韞玉 / 韬光韫玉
* 韞匵 / 韫𰅥
* 韞櫝 / 韫椟
* 韞櫝待價 / 韫椟待价
* 韞櫝未酤 / 韫椟未酤
* 韞櫝而藏 / 韫椟而藏
* 韞櫝藏珠 / 韫椟藏珠

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 韞 – see 困 (“to be surrounded; to be trapped”). (This character is a variant form of 困).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wēn (wen$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wun
*** Wade–Giles: wên$^1$
*** Yale: wēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uen
*** Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wan$^1$
*** Yale: wān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'won
Rime :
| Character | 韞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏渾切 |
| Baxter | 'won |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔuən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔuon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔwən/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔuən/ |
| Wang Li | /uən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔuən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*quːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 韞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 12976 |
| Phonetic component | 昷 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𥁕 |
| Old Chinese | /*quːn/ |

#### Definitions

韞
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a red or orange color
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bow case

#### Compounds

* 韞韍 / 韫韨

### References

* “韞”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* an orange color
* hide
* conceal

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): おん (on)、うん (un)
* Kun: つつむ (tsutsumu, 韞む)、おさめる (osameru, 韞める)、かくす (kakusu, 韞す)、かきいろ (kakīro)

### References

* “韞”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

韞 • (on) (hangeul 온, revised on, McCune–Reischauer on, Yale on)
* hide
* cover
* box
* orange