rùn​fèi

moisten lungs

rùn moist Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
rùn extra month

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

fèi lungs

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

巿
巿 Sound component
fú, pó ceremonial knee coverings

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjojHpʰo[t]-slung
phajHpʰˤ[a][t]-sdense, luxuriant (foliage)
Zhengzhangpʰobs
Unicodepiæ̀i

說文解字

金藏也。从肉巿聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

rùn moist Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
extra month

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjuns
Unicodenjuìn

說文解字

《說文》:“潤,水曰潤下。从水,閏聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica