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勋

xūn

Character Traditional 勳

What 勋 means

1. bound formmeritorious accomplishment

Other readings

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

• xūnvariant of {勋|xūn}
• xūnvariant of {勋|xūn}

Example sentences

• 这名士兵被授予紫心勋章。
  This soldier was awarded the Purple Heart.
• 四只英勇的军犬因其勇气与贡献获颁 K-9 勇气勋章。
  Four brave military dogs were awarded the K-9 Medal of Courage for their bravery and service.

Words starting with 勋

• 勋章xūn zhāngmedal; decoration
• 勋爵xūn juéLord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer
• 勋业xūn yè(literary) distinguished service and achievement
• 勋绩xūn jìmeritorious service; distinguished achievement

Words containing 勋

• 功勋gōng xūnmeritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
• 元勋yuán xūnleading light; founding father; principal proponent
• 张勋Zhāng XūnZhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated…
• 授勋shòu xūnto award an honor
• 开国元勋kāi guó yuán xūnfounding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father…
• 张勋复辟Zhāng Xūn Fù bìManchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 张勋
• 光禄勋guāng lù xūnminister of the imperial household
• 大紫荆勋章Dà Zǐ jīng Xūn zhāngGreat Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's…
• 高畑勋Gāo tián XūnIsao Takahata (1935-2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli

Characters built on 员

These share the phonetic component 员 (yuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 陨yǔn(bound form) to fall from the sky; variant of 殒
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die
• 郧yúnname of a feudal state
• 埙xūnocarina; wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
• 筼yúnused in 筼筜

Characters that look like 勋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 厕cè(bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in
• 恕shùto forgive
• 勉miǎnto exhort; to make an effort
• 劾héto impeach
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath

Sounds the same

Read xūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 熏to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils
• 薰sweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans
• 荤used in 荤粥
• 埙ocarina; wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
• 醺helplessly intoxicated
• 窨to scent tea with flowers; variant of 熏
• 獯used in 獯鬻
• 焄fumes from sacrifice
• 壎ancient porcelain wind-instrument
• 曛twilight; sunset
• 𫄸crimson
• 臐lamb soup