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sǔn

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sǔn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sǔn | sun3
English translation
falcon, eagle; an aquiline nose

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About sǔn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

sǔn

Contains the radical

zhuī

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of sǔn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

隹十

Semantic compound

zhuī

Phonetic compound

shí

Explanation

Pictograph of a falcon.

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Example sentences using sǔn

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游隼 yóu sǔn 捕到鸟类 niǎo lèi 猎物 liè wù shí ,通常 tōngcháng shì xiān 拔掉 bá diào 它们 tā men de 羽毛 yǔ máo , zài ròu 撕下 lái .

Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

Words with sǔn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sǔn falcon sǔn

sǔn Decomposition & Compounds

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