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訓

xùn

teach, train

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

川 sound component

川  Sound component

chuān

  

stream

Evolution

訓 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
訓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
訓 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
訓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

训 (訓) 

xùn

teach, instruct; exegesis; to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule

Most common words with 訓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

训练

to train

培训

to cultivate

教训

lesson

训

to teach

集训

training

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

瞓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )

xjunH

xùn

instruct


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 36.1685% of movies

977th most common character in movies

1022nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

训

Unicode

U+8A13

Shuowen

“訓，說教也。从言，川聲。”


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