暈 (yūn)

dizzy, faint, foggy; to see stars

Etymology

Depicts thin clouds surrounding the sun (日). The thin clouds were later replaced by the phonetic component 軍. The meaning later shifted to "dizzy" and "faint".

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文新附》:“暈,日月气也。从日,軍聲。”

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