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夋

qūn

to dawdle

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 允 represents the sound.

Components
允 sound component

允  Sound component

yǔn

  

allow, permit

夂 meaning component

夂  Meaning component

zhǐ

  

go

夂 is a component form of 止.

Evolution

夋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夋  

qūn

to dawdle; the emperor Yao's father

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

餕 馂

Sound component in 18 characters (1 verified)

酸 俊 峻 梭 駿 骏 唆 竣 浚 狻 逡 黢 皴 睃 悛 餕 馂 焌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]u[r]

tshwin

qūn

to run; to squat (Shuōwén)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+590B

Shuowen

“夋，行夋夋也。一曰倨也。从夂，允聲。”


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