勋
(bound form) meritorious accomplishment
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,594 U+52CB
How 勋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 员 (phonetic, yuán)
How to remember it
merit · Heisig RSH #1983
员 employee + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 员
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 员 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 员 sound component | yuán | employee; member; personnel, staff |
| 圆 | yuán | circle; circular, round; complete |
| 损 | sǔn | to damage, to harm |
| 陨 | yǔn | to slip, to fall; to drop; to die |
| 殒 | yǔn | to die, to fall, to perish, to vanish |
| 郧 | yún | a county in Hubei province |
| 筼 | yún | tall bamboo |
| 埙 | xūn | ocarina |
Words containing 勋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开国元勋 | kāi guó yuán xūn | variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also … |
| 开国元勋 | kāi guó yuán xūn | founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or s… |
| 大紫荆勋章 | Dà Zǐ jīng Xūn zhāng | Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's hon… |
| 光禄勋 | guāng lù xūn | minister of the imperial household |
| 勋业 | xūn yè | (literary) distinguished service and achievement |
| 张勋复辟 | Zhāng Xūn Fù bì | Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstat… |
| 元勋 | yuán xūn | leading light; founding father; principal proponent; also written 元勳|元勋 |
| 元勋 | yuán xūn | leading light; founding father; principal proponent |
| 张勋 | Zhāng Xūn | Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated empero… |
| 功勋 | gōng xūn | meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit |
| 勋章 | xūn zhāng | medal; decoration |
| 授勋 | shòu xūn | to award an honor |
| 勋爵 | xūn jué | Lord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer |
| 勋绩 | xūn jì | meritorious service; distinguished achievement |
| 高畑勋 | Gāo tián Xūn | Isao Takahata (1935-2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli |