懂中文 Dong Chinese

遜

xùn

humble

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 孫 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

孫 sound component

孫  Sound component

sūn

  

grandchild

Evolution

遜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遜 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
遜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

逊 (遜) 

xùn

humble, modest; yield; to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck

Most common words with 遜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逊

modest

约翰逊

Johnson or Johnston (name)

杰克逊

Jackson (name)

逊色

inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

亚马逊

Amazon