Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

潤: wet, be watered

Also: profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 閏 gives the sound

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 利潤りじゅんprofit; returns
  • 潤色じゅんしょくrhetorical flourishes
  • 潤滑油じゅんかつゆ
  • 潤沢じゅんたくabundant; ample; plentiful

うるおうuruou · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 潤いうるおいmoisture; damp; wetness
  • 潤ううるおうto become moist; to be moistened

Also read うるおす, うるむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 润 · traditional, as in Japanese · rùn

Japan keeps the traditional form 潤; mainland China simplifies it to 润.

Simplified
润 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
潤 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rùn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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