jùn

to light

Components
火 meaning component

  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

fire

夋 sound component

  Sound component

qūn

  

to dawdle

Evolution

焌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
焌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jùn

to light; to set fire to; to ignite

 

to extinguish a burning object; to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette); to stir-fry; to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+710C

Shuowen

“焌,然火也。从火,夋聲。”


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