殞

See also: 殒 and 隕

殞	U+6B9E, 殞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B9E

← 殝
[U+6B9D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

殟 →
[U+6B9F]

Translingual

Han character

殞 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一弓口月金 (MNRBC), four-corner 1628₆, composition ⿰歹員)

Derived characters

𭮝

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 582, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16535
Dae Jaweon: page 975, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1392, character 4
Unihan data for U+6B9E

Chinese

trad.		殞
simp.		殒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (員) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
員	ɢon, ɢun
圓	*ɢon
塤	*qʰon
損	*sqʰuːnʔ
縜	*ɢun
隕	*ɢunʔ
殞	*ɢunʔ
溳	ɢunʔ, ɢun
磒	*ɢunʔ
霣	*ɢunʔ
愪	ɢunʔ, ɢun
勛	*qʰun
鄖	*ɢun
篔	*ɢun
貟	ɢun, ɢuns
韻	*ɢʷɯns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔn (yun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶yun / ⁶yon / ³iun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔn
  - Wade–Giles: yün³
  - Yale: yǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeun
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wan⁵
  - Yale: wáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yun
  - MiniDict: yuin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦyəŋ¹¹³/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yon
  - MiniDict: yon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³iun
  - MiniDict: iuin^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /yn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: hwinX

Rime
Character	殞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于敏切
Baxter	hwinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjin^X/
Li Rong	/ɣjuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/ɣǐĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16205
Phonetic component	員
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	殞
Old Chinese	/*ɢunʔ/

Definitions

殞

to die; to perish
Synonym: 死 (sǐ)
Alternative form of 隕／陨 (“to fall from the sky”)

Synonyms

(to die):

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿／不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢／寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣／失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三／弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫／死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶／狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召／蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思／见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世／谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵／辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往／过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面／过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
��崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Compounds

References

“殞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese

Kanji

殞

(Hyōgai kanji)

fall
die

Readings

Go-on: いん (in)^{←ゐん (win, historical)}
Kan-on: いん (in)^{←ゐん (win, historical)}
Kun: おちる (ochiru, 殞ちる)、おとす (otosu, 殞とす)、しぬ (shinu, 殞ぬ)

Derived terms

殞石

Korean

Hanja

殞 • (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune–Reischauer un, Yale wun)

Vietnamese

Han character

殞: Hán Nôm readings: vẫn

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