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峻

jùn

HSK 6 Character

What 峻 means

1. (of mountains) high
2. harsh or severe

Example sentences

• 那国家的气候很严峻。
  Nà guójiā de qìhòu hěn yánjùn.
  That country has a severe climate.
• 形势似乎非常紧张严峻。
  The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.

Words starting with 峻

• 峻厉jùn lìpitiless; merciless
• 峻岭jùn lǐnglofty mountain range
• 峻峭jùn qiàohigh and steep

Words containing 峻

• 严峻yán jùngrim; severe; rigorous
• 冷峻lěng jùngrave and stern
• 险峻xiǎn jùn(of terrain) mountainous; rugged; (of a situation) precarious; daunting
• 崇山峻岭chóng shān jùn lǐngtowering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
• 高峻gāo jùnhigh and steep
• 天峻县Tiān jùn XiànTianjun, a county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州
• 形势严峻xíng shì yán jùnin grave difficulties; the situation is grim
• 高风峻节gāo fēng jùn jiéa high-class upright character (idiom)
• 陡峻dǒu jùnprecipitous; high and steep
• 天峻Tiān jùnsee 天峻县

Characters built on 夋

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

• 俊jùnsmart; eminent; handsome
• 骏jùnspirited horse
• 竣jùncomplete; finish
• 浚jùnto dredge (a river)
• 逡qūnto shrink back (from sth)
• 皴cūnchapped; cracked

Characters that look like 峻

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

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 埃āidust; dirt; angstrom
• 狼lángwolf
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)
• 钹bócymbals

Sounds the same

Read jùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俊smart; eminent; handsome
• 郡canton; county; region
• 骏spirited horse
• 菌mushroom
• 浚to dredge (a river)
• 珺beautiful jade
• 竣complete; finish
• 晙(literary) early morning; (literary) bright; (used in names)
• 焌to set fire to; to ignite
• 畯overseer; steppe
• 馂(literary) leftovers (of a meal); (literary) to eat leftovers
• 捃gather; to sort