xún
obey
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 循
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to cycle | ||
to follow | ||
to follow | ||
to act according to convention | ||
vicious circle |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*sə.lu[n] | zwin | xún | follow |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 8.1691% of movies
2196th most common character in movies
1744th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+5FAA |
Shuowen | “循，行順也。从彳，盾聲。” |
Sources
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