韻
rhyme, elegance, tone
Readings
On'yomi
- イン
Kun'yomi
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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
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.