yùn

to move

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

云 sound component

  Sound component

yún

  

clouds

Evolution

运 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
运 Seal script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
运 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
运 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
运 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yùn

luck, fortune; ship, transport; to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

Most common words with 运
Freq.
Word
Meaning

运动

to move

幸运

fortunate

好运

good luck

to move

命运

fate

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 83.1972% of movies

370th most common character in movies

345th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+8FD0


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