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丨

gǔn

Character

What 丨 means

1. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Other readings

丨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shùvertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as {竖笔|shù bǐ}

Sounds the same

Read gǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滚to boil; to roll; to take a hike
• 衮imperial robe
• 辊roller
• 磙roller; to level with a roller
• 绲cord; embroidered sash; to sew
• 鲧Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹
• 蔉to bank up the roots of plants

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǔn correctly.
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