润 rùn moist
moist; fresh; soft; glossy; profit
How to remember 润: 氵 water + 门 door + 王 king = moist. After the spring rain, water drips from the palace door onto the statue of the king, and the tourists find the air pleasantly moist.
Component breakdown
润 = 氵 water + 闰
- 氵 water
- 闰
- 门 door
- 王 king
After the spring rain, water drips from the palace door onto the statue of the king, and the tourists find the air pleasantly moist.
How it is used
- Core sense is moist, soft, glossy - mostly seen bound in words describing skin, weather, or texture: 湿润 shīrùn (moist), 红润 hóngrùn (a healthy, ruddy complexion), 滋润 zīrùn (to moisturize, or figuratively "comfortable/well-off").
- 利润 lìrùn (profit) uses 润 in an older, unrelated financial sense ("gain, benefit") rather than the moisture sense - don't try to connect the two meanings when explaining it.
- Rarely stands alone; always learned as part of a two-character word.