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舜

Shùn

Character

What 舜 means

1. Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader

Words starting with 舜

• 舜帝陵Shùn dì língseveral tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 宁远县
• 舜日尧天Shùn rì Yáo tiānsage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all…
• 舜日尧年Shùn rì Yáo niánsage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all…

Words containing 舜

• 虞舜Yú ShùnYu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝
• 李舜臣Lǐ Shùn chénYi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the…

Characters that look like 舜

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

• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 堤dīdike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 萍píngduckweed
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read Shùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顺to obey; to follow; to arrange
• 瞬to wink
• 蕣Hibiscus syriacus
• 𥆧wink; twinkle; very short time