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潤 うるお.う、うるお.す、うる.む wet, be watered, profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep 1 1644 15 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic Forgetting about the moat, the king stepped out of his gate and landed in the water. Needless to say he got wet.

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ジュン めぐみ 利潤(りじゅん): profit; returns潤う(うるおう): (1) to be moist; to be damp; to get wet; to be watered (2) to profit by; to receive benefits; to receive favors (favours) (3) to become rich; to become at ease financially S 水: water閏: intercalation; illegitimate throne 水 4 (none) wet (I had the same idea as Dingomick) I imagine some prankster who put a bucket full of water on top of the huge gates, so that it would fall on the king as he came through them. See the king now, between the gates, all wet, dripping drops of water.

Kanji	潤
Onyomi	ジュン
Kunyomi	うるお.う、うるお.す、うる.む
Nanori	めぐみ
English	wet, be watered, profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep
Examples	利潤(りじゅん): profit; returns 潤う(うるおう): (1) to be moist; to be damp; to get wet; to be watered (2) to profit by; to receive benefits; to receive favors (favours) (3) to become rich; to become at ease financially
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1644
Components	水: water 閏: intercalation; illegitimate throne
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	wet
Koohii Story 1	Forgetting about the moat, the king stepped out of his gate and landed in the water. Needless to say he got wet.
Koohii Story 2	(I had the same idea as Dingomick) I imagine some prankster who put a bucket full of water on top of the huge gates, so that it would fall on the king as he came through them. See the king now, between the gates, all wet, dripping drops of water.

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