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殉

xùn

Character

What 殉 means

1. to be buried with the dead
2. to die for a cause

Words starting with 殉

• 殉情xùn qíngto die together in the name of love; to sacrifice oneself for love
• 殉国xùn guóto die for one's country
• 殉教xùn jiàoto die for one's religion
• 殉死xùn sǐto be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)
• 殉节xùn jiéto sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
• 殉职xùn zhíto die in the line of duty
• 殉葬xùn zàng(of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased…
• 殉道xùn dàoto die for a just cause
• 殉难xùn nànto sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster

Words containing 殉

• 因公殉职yīn gōng xùn zhíto die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)

Characters built on 旬

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

• 询xúnto ask about; to inquire about
• 徇xùnto give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 洵xúntruly; whirlpool
• 荀xún(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts…
• 峋xúnused in 嶙峋
• 郇xúnname of a feudal state
• 恂xúnsincere

Characters that look like 殉

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

• 殊shū(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 猕míused in 猕猴
• 枸gōubent; crooked

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
• 巽to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴
• 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