潤

rùn

moist; lustrous; enrich; profit

Meaning

  • Physical & Natural: Moist, damp, lush, or verdant; typically suggesting a healthy, hydrated state.
  • Aesthetic: Luster, gloss, or sleekness (e.g., jade, skin, or hair).
  • Economic & Social: To enrich, benefit, or provide for (verb); profit, gain, or supplemental income (noun).
  • Literary: To polish or embellish prose to improve flow and elegance.

Grammar and usage

  • Adjective: Describing a state (moist, glossy, lush).
  • Transitive Verb: To moisten, nourish, or enrich someone/something.
  • Noun: Referring to profit or benefit.

Distinctions

Contrast with 濡 (rú): While 濡 often implies being soaked or drenched (sometimes excessively), 潤 refers to an optimal level of hydration that improves the condition of the object.

History and forms

Simplified variant: U+6DA6.

Translator notes

The glyph carries an underlying sense of "supplementing" or filling a deficiency to reach a state of wholeness or luster. When the literal meaning of "moist" fails to fit the context, prioritize the "benefit/profit" angle or the "aesthetic polish" angle.

Decontextualized translator aid. This page describes plausible lexical range; it does not choose what the glyph means in a particular passage.