Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

洵: alike, truth

JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 旬 is drawn in

9 strokes

Four readings

ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds

No common words use this reading.

シュンshun · on'yomi

No common words use this reading.

のぶnobu · kun'yomi · on its own

No common words use this reading.

まことにmakotoni · kun'yomi

No common words use this reading.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
洵 alike · 旬
vs油 oil · 由
洵 has 旬 where 油 has 由.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xún

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

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

Pinyin xún 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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