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巽

xùn

Character

What 巽 means

1. to obey
2. one of the Eight Trigrams {八卦|bā guà}, symbolizing wood and wind
3. ☴
4. ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)

Words starting with 巽

• 巽他语Xùn tā yǔSunda language, used in West Java province in Indonesia
• 巽他海峡Xùn tā Hǎi xiáSunda Strait between Sumatra and Java
• 巽他群岛Xùn tā Qún dǎoSunda Islands (Malay archipelago)

Words containing 巽

• 赵尔巽Zhào Ěr xùnZhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty…

Characters that look like 巽

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

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister
• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 禀bǐngto make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow

Sounds the same

Read xùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 训to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings…
• 迅rapid; fast
• 讯(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question…
• 逊to abdicate; modest; yielding
• 驯to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. xún
• 殉to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 浚used in 浚县
• 徇to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 汛high water; flood; to sprinkle water
• 蕈mold; mushroom
• 侚(literary) quick; variant of 殉
• 潠spurt out of the mouth

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