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shùn

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shùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shùn | shun4
English translation
legendary ruler

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About shùn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shùn

Contains the radical

chuǎn

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

claw

Etymology of shùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱爫冖舛

Semantic compound

zhǎo

Phonetic compound

chuǎn

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Example sentences using shùn

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舜帝 xìng yáo ,史称虞舜 Yú Shùn ”.

Legend has it that King Shun had as his surname Yao.

Words with shùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
李舜臣 Lǐ Shùn chén Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders李舜臣 Lǐ Shùn chén
shùn Shun (c. 22nd century BC), mythical sage and leader shùn
虞舜 Yú Shùn Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝 wǔ dì [wǔ​dì]虞舜 Yú Shùn

shùn Decomposition & Compounds

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