懂中文 Dong Chinese

逊

xùn

humble

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 孙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遜.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

孙 sound component

孙  Sound component

sūn

  

grandchild

Evolution

逊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逊 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
逊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
逊 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
逊 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

逊 (遜) 

xùn

humble, modest; yield; to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck

Most common words with 逊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逊

modest

约翰逊

Johnson or Johnston (name)

杰克逊

Jackson (name)

逊色

inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

亚马逊

Amazon