逊
to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,634 U+900A
How 逊 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 孙 (phonetic, sūn)
How to remember it
modest · Heisig RSH #298
孙 grandchild + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 孙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 孙 (sūn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孙 sound component | sūn | grandchild, descendent; surname |
| 狲 | sūn | monkey |
| 荪 | sūn | aromatic grass; flower, iris |
Words containing 逊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出言不逊 | chū yán bù xùn | to speak rudely |
| 亚马逊河 | Yà mǎ xùn Hé | Amazon River |
| 托克逊县 | Tuō kè xùn Xiàn | Toksun, a county in Turpan City 吐魯番市|吐鲁番市[Tu3 lu3 fan1 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 哈德逊河 | Hā dé xùn Hé | Hudson River, New York State, USA |
| 逊克县 | Xùn kè Xiàn | Xunke, a county in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 亚马逊 | Yà mǎ xùn | Amazon |
| 尼尔逊 | Ní ěr xùn | Nelson or Nillson (name); Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero |
| 撒克逊人 | Sā kè xùn rén | Saxon (people) |
| 纳尔逊 | Nà ěr xùn | Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero |
| 麦迪逊广场花园 | Mài dí xùn Guǎng chǎng Huā yuán | Madison Square Garden |
| 麦迪逊花园广场 | Mài dí xùn huā yuán guǎng chǎng | Madison Square Garden |
| 托克逊 | Tuō kè xùn | see 托克遜縣|托克逊县[Tuo1 ke4 xun4 Xian4] |
| 萨克逊 | Sà kè xùn | Saxon |
| 罗伯逊 | Luó bó xùn | Robertson (name) |
| 威尔逊 | Wēi ěr xùn | Wilson (name) |
| 马礼逊 | Mǎ lǐ xùn | Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary … |
| 毫不逊色 | háo bù xùn sè | not inferior in any respect |
| 毫无逊色 | háo wú xùn sè | not in the least inferior (idiom) |
| 迈克尔·杰克逊 | Mài kè ěr · Jié kè xùn | Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer |
| 亨利·哈德逊 | Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn | Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator |