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滚

to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost!

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,446 U+6EDA

How 滚 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 衮 (phonetic, gǔn)

components: 氵 衮

How to remember it

trundle · Heisig RSH #1949

水 water + top hat and scarf + 公 public

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 衮

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 衮 (gǔn) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
衮 sound component gǔn imperial robe; ceremonial dress
磙 gǔn stone roller

Words containing 滚

WordPinyinMeaning
瓜无滚圆,人无十全 guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
滚石上山 gǔn shí shàng shān (fig.) to press ahead with a difficult undertaking through sustained effort
利滚利 lì gǔn lì compound interest (esp. in loans, snowballing debt)
地滚球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling; bowling ball; (baseball etc) ground ball
滚动条 gǔn dòng tiáo (computing) scroll bar
滚刀肉 gǔn dāo ròu annoying person; troublemaker; pain in the neck
滚子 gǔn zi roller
滚水 gǔn shuǐ boiling water
滚动 gǔn dòng to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics)…
滚装船 gǔn zhuāng chuán roll-on, roll-off ship (RORO ship); vessel designed to load and unload vehicles by driving…
滚开 gǔn kāi (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off!
打滚 dǎ gǔn to roll about
滚石 Gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label; the Rolling Stones, British rock band; Rolling Stone…
滚球 gǔn qiú lawn bowls; bocce; pétanque; bowling ball
回滚 huí gǔn (computing) to roll back; rollback; (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or …
滚床单 gǔn chuáng dān (coll.) to have sex
滚子轴承 gǔn zi zhóu chéng roller bearing
滚落 gǔn luò to tumble
滚边 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging
滚彩蛋 gǔn cǎi dàn egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)