暈

简 晕 · 繁 暈
Cantonese · source Jyutpingjan6#

Meanings · jan6

  1. swooning as a result of excessive loss of blood
Cantonese · source Jyutpingwan4#

Meanings · wan4

  1. confused
  2. dizzy
  3. giddy
  4. to faint
  5. to swoon
  6. to lose consciousness
  7. to pass out
Cantonese · source Jyutpingwan6#

Meanings · wan6

  1. halo around sun
  2. moon or colour
  3. light
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 暈 has the reading jan6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is wan4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 暈 jan6 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 暈 yūn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinconfused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out
  • 暈 yùn CC-CEDICT · Mandarindizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yun1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan3 · wan4 · wan6

Cantonese word readings for 暈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. (astronomy) halo (around the Sun or the Moon)
  2. ring of light or colour, or a blurred area surrounding a luminous or coloured object; halo around a light or colour
  3. blush; slight redness
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ring-shaped pattern
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bull's eye
  6. to spread; to proliferate; to seep through
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to apply (colour, especially makeup)

character

  1. to make one feel dizzy; to feel the head spinning; to have vertigo

character

  1. dizzy; giddy; lightheaded
  2. to faint; to pass out; to black out; to swoon
  3. (neologism, slang) to be overwhelmed (by something) and on the verge of passing out
  4. (Sichuanese) to savour; to enjoy slowly and thoroughly
  5. (Cantonese, disapproving) extremely (used with the particle 到)

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Source lines 28,942, 28,943, 28,944 · Original publisher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edition & transformations

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity暈 晕 [yun1] {jan6} /swooning as a result of excessive loss of blood/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: f4c0b2d9475b8eac3248549fd76012404398679b3e32e2d9d3485a608cd50888

暈 晕 [yun1] {wan4} /confused/dizzy/giddy/to faint/to swoon/to lose consciousness/to pass out/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 6f057862f9feed3a6c7b7680680c6840c0e604d8aa6d1412073f9b3a19f6fdff

暈 晕 [yun1] {wan6} /halo around sun / moon or colour / light/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: ca5cf339b80f794d4935dc23840cb3946d9673961242b98ae9c75f04478f446d