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馴

xún, xùn

tame

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

Components
馬 meaning component

馬  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

川 sound component

川  Sound component

chuān

  

stream

Evolution

馴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
馴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

驯 (馴) 

xún

tame, docile, obedient

驯 (馴) 

xùn

to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xún]

Most common words with 馴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

驯

to tame

驯服

to tame

驯鹿

reindeer

驯化

to tame

驯养

to domesticate

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə.lu[n]

zwin

xún

docile; gradually


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.8992% of movies

2614th most common character in movies

2820th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

驯

Unicode

U+99B4

Shuowen

“馴，馬順也。从馬，川聲。”


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