xúnxùn

tame

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

川 sound component

  Sound component

chuān

  

stream

Evolution

馴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
馴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xún

tame, docile, obedient

() 

xùn

to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xún]

Most common words with 馴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to tame

驯服

to tame

驯鹿

reindeer

驯化

to tame

驯养

to domesticate