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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)

循环
xúnhuán
to cycle
HSK 6
遵循
zūnxún
to follow
HSK 6
因循
yīnxún
to continue the same old routine
循着
xúnzhe
to follow
依循
yīxún
to follow
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
循环性
xúnhuánxìng
recurrent
循化县
Xúnhuàxiàn
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture [[海東地區|海东地区<Hǎidōngdìqū>]], Qinghai
循环节
xúnhuánjié
recurring chapter of a rational decimal
循环赛
xúnhuánsài
round-robin tournament
循道宗
Xúndàozōng
Methodism
循环使用
xúnhuánshǐyòng
recycle
循环小数
xúnhuánxiǎoshù
recurring decimal
良性循环
liángxìngxúnhuán
virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
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)
血液循环
xuèyèxúnhuán
blood circulation
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