moisten / profit
N1- Onyomi
- ジュン
- Kunyomi
- うるお(う)
- Stroke count
- 15
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 潤 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture rain falling from a cloud onto a rippling pond, put 潤 inside it, and let that scene stand for "moisten" — moisten / profit. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 15
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は15画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 15 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
潤う
uruou
to be moistened
利潤
rijun
profit
潤って
uruotte
be moistened — te-form
潤います
uruoimasu
be moistened — polite present
潤わない
uruowanai
be moistened — plain negative
潤いました
uruoimashita
be moistened — polite past
Example sentences (4)
観光で地域の経済が潤いました。
かんこう で ちいき の けいざい が うるおいました。
kankou de chiiki no keizai ga uruoimashita.
Tourism enriched the local economy.
一部の企業だけが潤う仕組みでは、長続きしないでしょう。
いちぶ の きぎょう だけ が うるおう しくみ で は、ながつづき しない でしょう。
ichibu no kigyou dake ga uruou shikumi de wa, nagatsuzuki shinai deshou.
A scheme under which only some companies benefit is unlikely to last.
会社は利潤を追求します。
かいしゃ は りじゅん を ついきゅう します。
kaisha wa rijun o tsuikyuu shimasu.
Companies pursue profit.
利潤を追うだけでは、長く支持される会社にはなれません。
りじゅん を おう だけ で は、ながく しじ される かいしゃ に は なれません。
rijun o ou dake de wa, nagaku shiji sareru kaisha ni wa naremasen.
Chasing profit alone will not make you a company people back over the long term.