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.