Depicts thin clouds surrounding the sun (日). The thin clouds were later replaced by the phonetic component 軍. The meaning later shifted to "dizzy" and "faint".
Components
Traditional (暈)
Simplified (晕)
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Historical Evolution
暈
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
暈
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
暈
Regular
Modern
Chinese
晕 / 暈 [yūn]
confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out
晕 / 暈 [yùn]
dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun
Japanese
noun
- corner; nook; recess
- shade; shadow; dark area (also written as 暈)
- dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings (oft. written as クマ)
- bend (in a road, river, etc.)
- shading; gradation
- kumadori; (explanation) style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
暈 ひかさ
Hikasa surname
暈 ひがさ
Higasa surname
CHINESE WORDS (40)
头晕 [tóuyūn] #8,240
dizzy
晕倒 [yūndǎo] #7,799
to faint
眩晕 [xuànyùn] #12,989
vertigo
晕头转向 [yūntóuzhuànxiàng] #14,470
confused and disoriented
晕车 [yùnchē] #19,401
to be carsick
晕船 [yùnchuán] #18,672
to become seasick
晕厥 [yūnjué] #29,684
to faint
红晕 [hóngyùn] #43,611
to blush
头晕目眩 [tóuyūnmùxuàn] #30,723
to have a dizzy spell
发晕 [fāyūn] #25,461
to feel dizzy
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 曲 [きょく] #3,244
composition
⭐ 眩暈 [めまい] #12,712
dizziness
隈 [くま] #18,369
corner
隈取り [くまどり] #94,788
shading
隈取る [くまどる] #108,211
to shade
乳暈 [にゅううん] #123,939
areola mammae (circular area around nipple)
⭐ 暈す [ぼかす] #136,207
to blur
日暈 [ひがさ] #150,134
solar halo
⭐ 暈ける [ぼける] #151,464
to be faded
月暈 [つきがさ] #200,608
lunar halo
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