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循
xún
1. to follow
2. to adhere to
3. to abide by
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

循
xún
to obey, to follow, to comply with
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

依循
yīxún
to follow
因循
yīnxún
to continue the same old routine
循分
xúnfèn
to abide by one's duties
循化
Xúnhuà
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture [[海東地區|海东地区<Hǎidōngdìqū>]], Qinghai
循环
xúnhuán
to cycle
HSK 6
循着
xúnzhe
to follow
遵循
zūnxún
to follow
HSK 6
循化县
Xúnhuàxiàn
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture [[海東地區|海东地区<Hǎidōngdìqū>]], Qinghai
循环性
xúnhuánxìng
recurrent
循环节
xúnhuánjié
recurring chapter of a rational decimal
循环赛
xúnhuánsài
round-robin tournament
循道宗
Xúndàozōng
Methodism
冠脉循环
guānmàixúnhuán
coronary circulation
因循守旧
yīnxúnshǒujiù
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut
循序渐进
xúnxùjiànjìn
in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
HSK 6
循循善诱
xúnxúnshànyòu
to guide patiently and systematically (idiom)
循环使用
xúnhuánshǐyòng
recycle
循环小数
xúnhuánxiǎoshù
recurring decimal
循环系统
xúnhuánxìtǒng
circulatory system
循环论证
xúnhuánlùnzhèng
circular argument

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,743
Word Frequency Rank
4,183 of 84,292

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