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漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence

巽: southeast

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

己 carries the meaning · 共 is drawn in

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ソンson · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 巽位そんいsoutheast
  • 巽為風そんいふうxun (hexagram 57 of the I Ching: wind, the…

たつみtatsumi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 巽たつみsoutheast

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

巽 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
巽 southeast · 己 + 共
vs港 harbor · 氵 + 巷
巽 has 己 + 共 where 港 has 氵 + 巷.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xùn

Same form: 巽 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
巽 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
巽 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xùn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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