yùn
verb #46,400

Meanings

  1. 1 to accumulate; to hold in store
  2. 2 to contain (inner depth or meaning)
  3. 3 profundity; inner reserve

Examples

Zhè jǐ jùhuà yùnhán zhe shēnkè de rénshēng zhélǐ.
These few words contain a profound philosophy of life.
Zhège dìqū yùncáng zhe fēngfù de kuàngchǎn zīyuán.
This region is rich in mineral resources.
Tā de wénzhāng dǐyùn shēnhòu.
His writing is rich and full of deep meaning.

Tips

usage
Common in 蕴含 ('to contain, imply'), 蕴藏 ('to hold in store, lie hidden') and 底蕴 ('deep foundation, inner substance'). It implies something rich gathered and held within.

Components

radical
cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical on top recalls the original sense of heaping up cut grass and storing it; from 'piling up plant matter' came the abstract meaning of accumulating and holding within.
phonetic
yùn
tangled hemp; to gather
Sits below the grass radical and supplies the sound: gives the reading. Its image of bundled tangled fibres also reinforces the idea of things gathered and stored up.

Stroke Order

yùn