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荀

xún

Character

What 荀 means

1. archaicname of a plant mentioned in ancient texts
2. name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi

Other readings

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

• Xúnsurname Xun

Example sentences

• 其鄄城、东阿、范县三处，赖荀彧、程昱二人设计相连，死守城郭。
  At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.

Words starting with 荀

• 荀子Xún zǐXunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical…
• 荀彧Xún YùXun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms

Words containing 荀

• 杜荀鹤Dù Xún hèDu Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet

Characters built on 旬

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

• 询xúnto ask about; to inquire about
• 殉xùnto be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 徇xùnto give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 洵xúntruly; whirlpool
• 峋xúnused in 嶙峋
• 郇xúnname of a feudal state
• 恂xúnsincere

Sounds the same

Read xún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 询to ask about; to inquire about
• 寻to search; to look for; to seek
• 旬(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month…
• 循(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with
• 巡to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 浔name of a river; steep bank
• 恂sincere
• 洵truly; whirlpool
• 鲟sturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 峋used in 嶙峋
• 珣(gem)
• 郇name of a feudal state