Chinese Character Wiki
巽

xùn

obedient

Depicts two people kneeling (卩) together (共) in obedience.

Components
卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a person kneeling.

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a person kneeling.

共 meaning component

共  Meaning component

gòng

  

together with

Evolution

巽 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
巽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巽  

xùn

5th of the 8 trigrams; south-east; mild, modest, obedient; to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā​guà], symbolizing wood and wind; ☴; ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

選 撰 饌 馔

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5255th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5DFD

Shuowen

“，具也。从丌，聲。，古文巽。，篆文巽。”


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