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衮

gǔn

Character Traditional 袞

What 衮 means

1. imperial robe

Words containing 衮

• 多尔衮Duō ěr gǔnDorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努尔哈赤
• 阿尔衮琴Ā ěr gǔn qínAlgonquin (North American people)

Characters that look like 衮

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

• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 宸chénimperial apartments

Sounds the same

Read gǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滚to boil; to roll; to take a hike
• 辊roller
• 丨radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
• 磙roller; to level with a roller
• 绲cord; embroidered sash; to sew
• 鲧Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹
• 蔉to bank up the roots of plants