xùn

die for cause

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
歹 meaning component

  Meaning component

dǎi

  

corpse, carcass

旬 sound component

  Sound component

xún

  

ten-day period

Definitions

 

xùn

die for cause, be martyr for; to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause

Most common words with 殉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

殉职

to die in the line of duty

to die for a cause

殉情

to sacrifice oneself for love

殉难

a victim of a disaster

殉国

to die for one's country

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s

zwinH

xùn

accompany in death


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6659% of movies

3120th most common character in movies

3303rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6B89


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