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xún = xu + (e)n2
surname Xun
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xún = xu + (e)n2
herb (old)
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How to pronounce 荀

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)n2 final

In the encampment’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

荀 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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xún = xu + (e)n2
ten days / ten years / full period
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Characters with 荀 as component

荀 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 荀

Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet
Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher / the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms

Sentences with 荀

荀 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xún

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