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xùn

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xùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xùn | xun4
English translation
to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis

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About xùn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

xùn

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of xùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言川

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Chuān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and Chuān represents the sound. Simplified form of xùn .

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Words with xùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
训练 xùnliàn to train訓練
培训 péixùn to cultivate培訓
教训 jiàoxun lesson教訓
xùn to teach xùn
集训 jí xùn training集訓
培训班 péi xùn bān training class培訓班
受训 shòu xùn to receive training受訓
训斥 xùn chì to reprimand訓斥
军训 jūn xùn drill軍訓
训话 xùn huà to admonish subordinates訓話
训诫 xùn jiè to reprimand訓誡
校训 xiào xùn school motto校訓
轮训 lún xùn training in rotation輪訓
古训 gǔ xùn old adage古訓
家训 jiā xùn family precepts家訓
训诂 xùn gǔ to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts訓詁
整训 zhěng xùn to drill troops整訓
遗训 yí xùn wishes of the deceased遺訓
训令 xùn lìng order訓令

xùn Decomposition & Compounds

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