Chinese Character Wiki

循

xún

obey

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

step

盾 sound component

盾  Sound component

dùn

  

shield

Evolution

循 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
循 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
循 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

循  

xún

obey, comply with, follow; to follow; to adhere to; to abide by

Most common words with 循
Freq.
Word
Meaning

循环

to cycle

遵循

to follow

循

to follow

循规蹈矩

to act according to convention

恶性循环

vicious circle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə.lu[n]

zwin

xún

follow


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 8.1691% of movies

2196th most common character in movies

1744th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5FAA

Shuowen

“循，行順也。从彳，盾聲。”


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