Talk:韻

Additional Mandarin definitions?
Are these additional Mandarin definitions?


 * beautiful sound
 * appeal
 * charm
 * in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant)

For further insight on the origins, variations and etymology of 韻 in the context of poetry, see the article "The Synesthesia of Sinitic Esthetics and Its Indic Resonances" by Victor H. Mair.

71.66.97.228 04:59, 11 June 2010 (UTC)