rùn = ru + (e)n4
intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
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How to pronounce 閏

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ru initial

Ru is for Rachel Rhinoceros.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)n4 final

In the encampment’s bathroom.

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閏 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
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wáng = w + ang2
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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wàng = w + ang4
to rule / to reign over
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Characters with 閏 as component

rùn = ru + (e)n4
moist; glossy; sleek / to moisten; to lubricate / to embellish; to enhance / profit; remuneration / (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)
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ruán = ru + an2
to rub between the hands
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twitch (muscle or eyelid)
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Words with 閏

leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
Dragon King of the West Sea, Ao Run, also Ao Ji (敖吉)
an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages

Sentences with 閏

閏 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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rùn

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

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