xùn
die for cause
Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 旬 represents the sound.
Definitions
Most common words with 殉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to die in the line of duty | ||
to die for a cause | ||
to sacrifice oneself for love | ||
a victim of a disaster | ||
to die for one's country |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s | zwinH | xùn | accompany in death |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.6659% of movies
3120th most common character in movies
3303rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+6B89 |
Sources
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