xún
surname
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 旬 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 荀
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
surname Xun | ||
Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher and author of On learning 勸學|劝学 |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.qʷi[n] | swin | xún | spec. of plant; (proper name] |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3690th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+8340 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“荀，艸也。从艸，旬聲。” |
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