蘊
pile up
Readings
On'yomi
- ウン
Kun'yomi
- つ.む
Meaning
蘊 centers on accumulation: things piling up or being stored in a concentrated, often hidden, way. The single given meaning 'pile up' is the core idea.
Most common words using 蘊
- 蘊蓄うんちく
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
- 中蘊ちゅううん
bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
- 五蘊ごうん
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
- 余蘊ようん
inexhaustible supply
- 受蘊じゅうん
perception
- 蘊奥うんのう
inner mysteries (of a field of study); secrets
- 蘊奥を極めるうんのうをきわめる
to master the secrets of
- 蘊蓄を傾けるうんちくをかたむける
to draw upon one's profound knowledge
- 行蘊ぎょううん
formation of volition; aggregate of volition
Study
Etymology
蘊 combines 艹 (grass) with 縕, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of tangled fibers or accumulation. The overall sense is things piling up like matted grass or stored goods.
Meaning mnemonic
The grass top 艹 covers a dense, tangled lower part 縕, like a pile of matted vegetation. Picture a heap of grass and fibers accumulating into a mound.
Reading mnemonic
For ウン, imagine a huge pile of wool (ウール, ūru) accumulating: the 'un' in wool (ウ) cues ウン, and the pile grows higher.