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荀
xún
1. herb (old)
Common • Top 21% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

荀
xún
plant, herb; surname
9 丶

Compound Words (3)

荀子
Xúnzǐ
Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher and author of On learning [[勸學|劝学]]
荀彧
XúnYù
Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms
杜荀鹤
DùXúnhè
Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet

Alternate Entries

荀
Xún
surname Xun

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,689
Word Frequency Rank
17,522 of 84,292

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