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皲

jūn

Character Traditional 皸

What 皲 means

1. to chap

Words starting with 皲

• 皲裂jūn liè(of lips, skin etc) to chap

Characters built on 军

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

• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 浑húnmuddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural
• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 诨hùnjest; nickname
• 郓yùnused in 郓城
• 珲hún(fine jade)
• 恽Yùnsurname Yun

Sounds the same

Read jūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 军(bound form) army; military
• 均(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 君monarch; lord; gentleman
• 菌germ; bacteria; fungus
• 钧30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 筠used in 筠连
• 麇hornless deer
• 莙species of water plant
• 鲪Sebastodes guntheri
• 龟variant of 皲
• 銞old variant of 钧
• 麕variant of 麇

Go deeper

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