循 — Chinese character
循
xún
to obey, to follow, to comply with
- Pinyin
- xún
- Radical
- 60 ⼻ (Step)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 彳 盾
- Formation
- pictophonetic — step; meaning component 彳; sound component 盾
- Japanese
- 循 as a kanji
Common words with 循
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 循环 (循環) | xún huán | to cycle; to circulate |
| 遵循 | zūn xún | to follow; to abide by; to comply with |
| 恶性循环 (惡性循環) | è xìng xún huán | vicious circle |
| 循序渐进 (循序漸進) | xún xù jiàn jìn | in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally |
| 依循 | yī xún | to follow; to comply |
| 循环系统 (循環系統) | xún huán xì tǒng | circulatory system |
| 循规蹈矩 (循規蹈矩) | xún guī dǎo jǔ | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention |
| 血液循环 (血液循環) | xuè yè xún huán | blood circulation |
| 循序 | xún xù | in proper sequence |
| 因循守旧 (因循守舊) | yīn xún shǒu jiù | (idiom) to continue in the same old rut; diehard conservative attitudes |
| 循环赛 (循環賽) | xún huán sài | round-robin tournament |
| 因循 | yīn xún | to continue the same old routine; to carry on just as before |
English words written with 循
循 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 16
- Analects 9.10
- Analects 10.5
- Art of War 5.11
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Self-Conceit
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