Chinese Character Wiki
閏

rùn

extra month

Depicts a king (王) in a doorway (門), as part of a ceremony marking the beginning of the extra month sometimes inserted into the lunar calendar.

Components
王 iconic component

王  Iconic component

wáng, wàng

  

king

門 iconic component

門  Iconic component

mén

  

door

Evolution

閏 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
閏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
閏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
閏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

闰 (閏) 

rùn

intercalary; extra, surplus; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)

Most common words with 閏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

闰

intercalary

闰年

leap year

闰月

leap month

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

潤

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nu[n]-s

nywinH

rùn

intercalary month


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4183rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

闰

Unicode

U+958F

Shuowen

“閏，餘分之月，五歲再閏。告朔之禮，天子居宗廟，閏月居門中。从王在門中。《周禮》曰：‘閏月王居門中，終月也。’”


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