運 U+904B, 運 ← 遊[U+904A] CJK Unified Ideographs 遌 →[U+904C]

(Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, Cangjie input 卜月十十 (YBJJ), four-corner 37304, composition ⿺辶軍)

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1261, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38998
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1752, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3866, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+904B

trad. simp. 运* alternative forms 𨔪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢuns): semantic (“motion”) + phonetic (OC *kun).

STEDT relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wal (“round; circular”), which is also connected to the following:

  • 圓 (OC *ɢon, “round”)
  • 圜 (OC *ɡʷraːn, “round”)
  • 旋 (OC *sɢʷans, “to revolve; to return”)
  • 環 (OC *ɡʷraːn, “ring”)
  • 還 (OC *ɡʷraːn, “to return”)
  • 院 (OC *ɦŋons, “courtyard”).

暈 (OC *ɢuns, “halo”) is the same word (Schuessler, 2007). It is possibly related to 雲 (OC *ɢun, “cloud”) (ibid.).

Additionally, Karlgren (1933) relates it to 圍 (OC *ɢʷɯl, “to surround”), and Wang (1982) to 回 (OC *ɡuːl, “to return”).

  1. to move; to revolve
  2. to transport; to carry; to ship 從臺灣過嚟嘅 [Cantonese, trad.]从台湾过嚟嘅 [Cantonese, simp.]cung4 toi4 waan1 wan6 gwo3 lai4 ge3 [Jyutping]transported here from Taiwan
  3. to use; to utilize
  4. fortune; luck; fate
  5. a surname
  • “運”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-

ShinjitaiKyūjitai[1] 運󠄁運+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) 運󠄃運+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. to drive
  2. to manage, to run
  3. to ship, to transport
  4. luck, fortune
  • Go-on: うん (un, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: うん (un, Jōyō)
  • Kun: はこぶ (hakobu, 運ぶ, Jōyō)、めぐる (meguru, 運る)、めぐらす (megurasu)

Kanji in this term 運 うんGrade: 3 on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 運 (MC hjunH).

  • (Tokyo) うん [úꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ɴ]

運(うん) • (un)

  1. luck, fortune 運(うん)がいい人(ひと)un ga ii hitoa person who has good luck

運(うん) • (un)

  1. move
  2. carry, transport
  3. put to work, operate
  4. luck, fate

(eumhun 옮길 운 (omgil un))

  1. hanja form? of (“to move, to shift, to transfer”)

運: Hán Nôm readings: vận, nảy, vần, vẩn, vặn, vờn

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