殉 — Chinese character
殉
xùn
martyr; to die for a cause
- Pinyin
- xùn
- Radical
- 78 ⽍ (Death)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 歹 旬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — death; meaning component 歹; sound component 旬
- Japanese
- 殉 as a kanji
Common words with 殉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殉难 (殉難) | xùn nàn | to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster |
| 殉职 (殉職) | xùn zhí | to die in the line of duty |
| 殉国 (殉國) | xùn guó | to die for one's country |
| 殉葬 | xùn zàng | (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead |
| 殉道 | xùn dào | to die for a just cause |
| 殉情 | xùn qíng | to die together in the name of love; to sacrifice oneself for love |
| 殉教 | xùn jiào | to die for one's religion |
| 因公殉职 (因公殉職) | yīn gōng xùn zhí | to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom) |
| 殉节 (殉節) | xùn jié | to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) |
| 殉死 | xùn sǐ | to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior) |
殉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 19
- Mencius 7A.42
- Mencius 7B.1
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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