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順

shùn

obey, follow

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound.

Components
川 sound component

川  Sound component

chuān

  

stream

頁 meaning component

頁  Meaning component

yè, xié

  

(head), page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

順 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
順 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
順 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
順 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
順 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

顺 (順) 

shùn

obey, submit to, go along with; to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable

Most common words with 順
Freq.
Word
Meaning

顺利

smoothly

顺便

conveniently

顺

to obey

顺序

sequence

顺着

to follow

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.lu[n]-s

zywinH

shùn

follow; obey


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 58.0010% of movies

836th most common character in movies

938th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

顺

Unicode

U+9806

Shuowen

“順，理也。从頁、从巛。”


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