韵

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the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Of equal 匀 tone 音; 匀 also provides the pronunciation

Components 音匀

rhyme · Heisig RSH #486

音 sound + 匀 uniform

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
风流韵事	fēng liú yùn shì	poetic and passionate (idiom); romance; love affair
儿化韵	ér huà yùn	(Chinese phonetics) syllable final with r-coloring; rhotacized syllable final
音韵学	yīn yùn xué	Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
声韵学	shēng yùn xué	phonetics
同韵词	tóng yùn cí	a word that rhymes (with another word)
别有韵味	bié yǒu yùn wèi	to have quite a lasting charm
单韵母	dān yùn mǔ	simple finals
古今韵会举要	Gǔ jīn Yùn huì Jǔ yào	"Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty…
复韵母	fù yùn mǔ	compound final
大韵	dà yùn	rhyme group (group of characters that rhyme, in rhyme books)
韵头	yùn tóu	leading vowel of diphthong
小韵	xiǎo yùn	homophone group (group of homophone characters, in a rhyme book)
韵白	yùn bái	form of rhymed baihua 白話\|白话[bai2 hua4] in Beijing opera
韵人韵事	yùn rén yùn shì	a charming man enjoys charming pursuits (idiom)
气韵	qì yùn	(of literature, art) distinct style; flavor; spirit; character
韵文	yùn wén	verse (as opposed to prose 散文[san3 wen2])
韵事	yùn shì	poetic occasion; elegant situation; in literature, the cue for a poem
风韵	fēng yùn	charm; grace; elegant bearing (usually feminine)
韵语	yùn yǔ	rhymed language
神韵	shén yùn	charm or grace (in poetry or art)