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xún

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xún Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xún | xun2
English translation
nettle

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About xún

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of xún

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹寻

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

xún

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and xún represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using xún

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他们 tā men 拔除 bá chú le 坟墓 fénmù shǎng de 茂草荨麻 qián má , kǎn duàn ǎi shù gēn zhū .

They plucked the long grass and nettles from the tombs, thinned the poor shrubs and roots.

de : 观察 guānchá kàng xún wán 治疗 zhìliáo 飞行员 fēi xíng yuán 慢性 mànxìng 荨麻疹 xún má zhěn de 临床 línchuáng 疗效 liáo xiào .

Objective : To observe the clinical effect of Kangxunwan on acute urticaria in pilots.

shì duǒ 香气扑鼻 de 玫瑰花 méi guī huā , dàn 至少 zhìshǎo shì 可以 kěyǐ zài 手里 shǒu lǐ 的荨.

She mightn't be inhaled as a rose, but she might be grasped as a nettle.

荨麻 qián má zhā le 他们 tā men de tuǐ

The nettles stung their legs.

荨麻 qián má 长有四方 sì fāng jīng 细小 xì xiǎo 茸毛 róng máo

The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.

Words with xún

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xún nettle
荨麻疹 xún má zhěn urticaria蕁麻疹
荨麻 qián má nettle蕁麻

xún Decomposition & Compounds

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