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筠

jūn

Character

What 筠 means

1. used in {筠连|Jūn lián} (the name of a place in Sichuan)

Other readings

筠 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yúnskin of bamboo

Words starting with 筠

• 筠连县Jūn lián XiànJunlian, a county in Yibin City 宜宾市
• 筠连Jūn liánsee 筠连县

Characters built on 竹

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

• 笋sǔnbamboo shoot
• 筼yúnused in 筼筜

Characters that look like 筠

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

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 蒋Jiǎngsurname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石
• 蒟jǔbetel
• 锝détechnetium (chemistry)

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)
• 皲to chap
• 麇hornless deer
• 莙species of water plant
• 鲪Sebastodes guntheri
• 龟variant of 皲
• 銞old variant of 钧
• 麕variant of 麇