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训

xùn

teach, train

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訓.

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

川 sound component

川  Sound component

chuān

  

stream

Evolution

训 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
训 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
训 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
训 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
训 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

训 (訓) 

xùn

teach, instruct; exegesis; to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule

Most common words with 训
Freq.
Word
Meaning

训练

to train

培训

to cultivate

教训

lesson

训

to teach

集训

training

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )

xjunH

xùn

instruct


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 36.1685% of movies

977th most common character in movies

1022nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

訓

Unicode

U+8BAD


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