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狁

yǔn

Character

What 狁 means

1. name of a tribe

Words containing 狁

• 猃狁Xiǎn yǔnZhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴

Sounds the same

Read yǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 允just; fair; to permit
• 陨(bound form) to fall from the sky; variant of 殒
• 殒(literary) to perish; to die
• 霣rain storm; to fall

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