Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Communication & Thought

韻: rhyme, elegance

Also: tone

JLPT N119 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

音 carries the meaning · 員 gives the sound

19 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

インin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 余韻よいん
  • 韻いんrhyme
  • 韻律いんりつmetre (of a poem); meter; rhythm

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A sound emerging from the silence! Unlike 'speech' which is about people's words, 'sound' represents everything audible—the music of a flute, the rumble of thunder, or the gentle echoes in a mountain valley.”
More in the 音 sound story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
音

Also built on sound (音)

All 5
員

Also built on employee (員)

韻 takes the 員 family's reading, イン (in).

Also read イン

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
韻 rhyme · 音 + 員
vs識 discriminating · 言 + 戠
韻 has 音 + 員 where 識 has 言 + 戠.
In ChineseSimplified 韵 · traditional, as in Japanese · yùn

Japan keeps the traditional form 韻; mainland China simplifies it to 韵.

Simplified
韵 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
韻 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yùn 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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