Skip to content
Kotomora

韻

rhyme, elegance, tone

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • イン

Kun'yomi

—

Meaning

韻 centers on harmonious sound patterns: the matching of sounds in rhyme, the graceful quality of elegance, and the musical pitch of tone.

Most common words using 韻

20 of 45
  • 余韻よいん

    reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); trailing note

  • 韻いん

    rhyme

  • 音韻おんいん

    phoneme

  • 押韻おういん

    rhyming

  • 韻文いんぶん

    verse; poetry

  • 韻律いんりつ

    metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm

  • 仄韻そくいん

    oblique-tone rhyme (of Chinese)

  • 余韻嫋々よいんじょうじょう

    (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.)

  • 切韻せついん

    qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)

  • 同韻どういん

    same rhyme; rhyming

  • 同韻語どういんご

    rhyming word; rhyme

  • 同韻語辞典どういんごじてん

    rhyming dictionary

  • 哀韻あいいん

    sad tone (of music, words, etc.)

  • 平韻ひょういん

    level-tone rhyme (of Chinese)

  • 広韻こういん

    Guangyun (Chinese rhyme dictionary compiled from 1007 to 1011 under Emperor Zhenzong of Song)

  • 形態音韻論けいたいおんいんろん

    morphophonology; morphophonemics; morphonology

  • 松韻しょういん

    (music of) wind through pine trees

  • 気韻きいん

    dignity; refinement

  • 気韻生動きいんせいどう

    being animated (vivid) with grace (elegance, refinement)

  • 無韻詩むいんし

    blank verse

Explore all words using 韻 →

Study

Etymology

韻 combines 音 (sound) with 員, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of roundness or harmony, together suggesting harmonious sound patterns.

Meaning mnemonic

Sound 音 and a round, harmonious shape 員 come together: imagine a round, echoing bell that produces elegant, rhyming tones.

Reading mnemonic

For イン, picture an inn where poets gather to recite elegant rhyming verses: inn -> イン, and the sound of their rhymes fills the air.