韻 (wan6 wan5 | yun4) : melodious sound; rhyme; charm

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韻

wan6 wan5

yun4

[1] melodious sound; harmonious tone
[2] rhyme/final of a syllable
[3] charm; appeal; beauty

Jyutping wan6 is standard reading; wan5 is variant.

Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: (#180)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

韻 / 韵

This word has been viewed 11055 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Mar 2012 05:58

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押韻 aat3 wan6 ya1 yun4 = rhyme; rime

風流韻事 fung1 lau4 wan6/wan5 si6 feng1 liu2 yun4 shi4 = poetic and passionate (idiom); romance / love affair

步韻 bou6 wan6 bu4 yun4 = to write a poem using another poem's rhymes

小別相逢多韻味 siu2 bit3 soeng1 fung4 do1 wan6 mei6 = Absence makes the heart grow fonder

韻律 wan6 leot6 yun4 lv4 = meter (in verse); rules of rhyming; rhyme scheme

複韻母 fuk1 wan6 mou5 fu4 yun4 mu3 = diphthong

兒化韻 ji4 faa3 wan6 er2 hua4 yun4 = usage of the final particle /er/

韻律泳 wan6 [wan5] leot6 wing6 yun4 lv4 yong3 = syncronized swimming 粵

神韻 san4 wan6 shen2 yun4 = charm or grace (in poetry or art); Shen Yun Performing Arts

韻母 wan6 mou5 yun4 mu3 = final; rime
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 韻
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