閏

閏 U+958F, 閏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-958F ← 閎 [U+958E] CJK Unified Ideographs 閐 → [U+9590]

閏 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一土 (ANMG), four-corner 7710₄, composition ⿵門王)

1. intercalary
2. extra, surplus

• 𠾽, 㠈, 𢡞, 撋, 潤(润), 𣋆, 膶(𬂀), 橍, 𪼙, 瞤(𥆧), 𮝧, 𨬔, 𨶽, 𨷎, 𦻺

• 闰 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1331, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41244
• Dae Jaweon: page 1837, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4285, character 9
• Unihan data for U+958F

trad.		閏
simp.		闰
alternative forms		閠 䦞 𥹿

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 門 (“gate”) + 王 (“king”). The original meaning “intercalary” is derived from kings' ancient practice of remaining within the palace gates on a leap day (which was in excess of the lunar calendar's 364 days, whence the meanings “remainder” and “surplus”), not engaging in their usual governing functions.

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閏

1. intercalary; leap

   閏年／闰年  ―  rùnnián  ―  leap year

2. (literary) surplus; remainder
3. (literary) deputy; illegitimate; usurped

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. intercalary
2. heresy

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じゅん (jun)
• Kun: うるう (urū, 閏)^{←うるふ (urufu, 閏, historical)}

閏(うるう) • (urū) 

1. intercalary, leap

   閏(うるう)日(び)

   urūbi

   intercalary day

   閏(うるう)年(どし)

   urūdoshi

   leap year

   閏(うるう)八月(はちがつ)

   urūhachigatsu

   intercalary eighth month in the lunisolar calendar

• 閠
• 䦞

From Middle Chinese 閏 (MC *nywinH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ju(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [윤(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource

閏 (eumhun 윤달 윤 (yundal yun))

1. hanja form^? of 윤 (“intercalary”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

閏: Hán Nôm readings: nhuận, nhộn, nhuần, nhún

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