蕴 (yùn) — (bound form) to contain; to accumulate
Definition
蕴 (yùn) is a bound/ literary morph meaning 'to contain or hold within' (ideas, meaning, resources). It only appears in compounds like 蕴含, 蕴藏, 底蕴 — never alone as a verb.
bound form
to containto accumulate
Examples
- 。Zhè jù huà yùn hán zhe shēn kè de dào lǐ.This sentence contains a profound truth.
- 。Zhè piàn tǔ dì yùn cáng zhe fēng fù de zī yuán.This land harbors abundant resources.
- 。Tā shēn hòu de dǐ yùn ràng tā tuō yǐng ér chū.His profound foundation made him stand out.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 蘊; 蕴 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
縕
縕yùn蘊yùn
Same sound today
The traditional form 蘊 is built from 艸 (grass) and the sound part 縕; this explains 蘊, not 蕴.
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