Chinese Character Wiki
運

yùn

to move

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

軍 sound component

軍  Sound component

jūn

  

army

Evolution

運 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
運 Seal script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
運 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

运 (運) 

yùn

luck, fortune; ship, transport; to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

Most common words with 運
Freq.
Word
Meaning

运动

to move

幸运

fortunate

好运

good luck

运

to move

命运

fate

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷər-s

hjunH

yùn

turn round, move


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 83.1972% of movies

370th most common character in movies

345th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

运

Unicode

U+904B

Shuowen

“運，迻徙也。从辵，軍聲。”


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