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荀 — 9 strokes / Radical「艹」

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ジュン・シュンじゅん・しゅん · jun · shun
Kun
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Meaning
a plant; a family name

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 旬 as phonetic: a plant name; also a family name, as in the philosopher Xunzi.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 荀子じゅんし

    Xunzi, the philosopher

  • 諸子百家しょしひゃっか

    the hundred schools of thought

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

荀子(じゅんし)は性悪(しょうわる)説(せつ)を説(と)いた。

Xunzi taught that human nature is bad at the start.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

荀子諸子百家諸子百家諸子百家荀子child家house百hundre…諸variou…艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…吮to suc…洵truly徇to pro…恂sincer…悛to men…
CompoundRadicalReading

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