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耘

yún

Character

What 耘 means

1. to weed

Example sentences

• 一分耕耘，一分收获。
  Yīfēngēngyún, yīfēnshōuhuò.
  No pain, no gain.
• 俗话说：一分耕耘、一分收获；可俗话又说：人无横财不富、马无夜草不肥！
  Súhuàshuō: yī fēn gēngyún, yī fēn shōuhuò; kě súhuà yòu shuō: rén wú hèngcái bù fù, mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi!
  As the saying goes, "You reap what you sow", and yet another says that luck plays an important role in success too!

Words containing 耘

• 耕耘gēng yúnplowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently
• 辛勤耕耘xīn qín gēng yúnto devote oneself tirelessly to one's work; to labor diligently over many years
• 一分耕耘，一分收获yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò(saying) you reap what you sow

Characters built on 云

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

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 酝yùnto brew
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Characters that look like 耘

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

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
• 淞Sōngname of a river in Jiangsu Province
• 耜sìplow; plowshare
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Sounds the same

Read yún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 云(classical) to say
• 匀even; well-distributed; uniform
• 芸common rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 昀sun light; used in personal name
• 筠skin of bamboo
• 纭confused; numerous
• 郧name of a feudal state
• 鋆gold
• 澐river waves
• 涢(name of a river in Hebei)
• 𤈶(yellow color)
• 畇reclaimed land