dùn

deceive

Evolution

遯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遯 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
遯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

dùn

deceive, hide, conceal; flee

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dùn

variant of [dùn]

Most common words with 遯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to evade

遁形

to vanish

逃遁

to escape

遁入空门

to take refuge in religious life

奇门遁甲

ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤu[n]ʔ

dwonX

dùn

withdraw

*lˤu[n]ʔ-s

dwonH

dùn

withdraw


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3222nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+906F

Shuowen

“遯,逃也。从辵,从豚。”


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