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xùn

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xùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xùn | xun4
English translation
high water, flood tides

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About xùn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

xùn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of xùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵卂

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

xùn

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Words with xùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xùn flood xùn
汛期 xùn qī flood season汛期 xùn qī
汛情 xùn qíng flood汛情 xùn qíng
凌汛 líng xùn ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)凌汛 líng xùn
秋汛 qiū xùn autumn flood秋汛 qiū xùn
渔汛 yú xùn fishing season漁汛
鱼汛 yú xùn fishing season魚汛
桃汛 táo xùn spring flood (at peach-blossom time)桃汛 táo xùn
桃花汛 táo huā xùn spring flood (at peach-blossom time)桃花汛 táo huā xùn
渔汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season漁汛期
鱼汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season魚汛期

xùn Decomposition & Compounds

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