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xuān

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xuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuān | xuan1
English translation
genial and warm
warm, genial; comfortable

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About xuān

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

xuān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of xuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日宣

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Xuān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Xuān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xuān

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弗雷德·希尔德伯特 sǒng 了耸那暄 de Kuān 肩膀 jiānbǎng .

Fred Hildebert shrugged his big soft shoulders.

互致寒暄 hánxuān 之后 zhī hòu 他们 tā men 便 biàn 开始 kāishǐ 严肃 yánsù de 讨论 tǎolùn le

After exchanging the usual pleasantries, they got down to serious discussion.

Words with xuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
寒暄 hánxuān to talk about the weather寒暄 hánxuān
xuān genial and warm xuān

xuān Decomposition & Compounds

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xuān Decomposition

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