Chinese Character Wiki
雋

juàn, jùn

superior

Original meaning: 

to shoot and kill wild birds

Depicts a bow (弓) aiming at a bird (隹). Based on the original meaning "to shoot and kill wild birds". The meaning later shifted to "superior" and "outstanding".

Components
隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

弓 iconic component

弓  Iconic component

gōng

  

bow

Here turned sideways.

Evolution

雋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

隽 (雋) 

juàn

superior, outstanding, talented; meaningful; significant

隽 (雋) 

Juàn

surname Juan

隽 (雋) 

jùn

variant of 俊[jùn]

Most common words with 雋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

隽

meaningful

隽永

meaningful

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4236th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

隽

Unicode

U+96CB

Shuowen

“雋，肥肉也。从弓所以射隹。長沙有下雋縣。”


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