驯
to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xun2]
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How 驯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 川 (phonetic, chuān)
How to remember it
tame · Heisig RSH #2894
马 horse + flood
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 川
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 川 (chuān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 川 sound component | chuān | stream, river |
| 顺 | shùn | to submit to, to obey, to go along with |
| 荒 | huāng | wasteland, desert; uncultivated |
| 训 | xùn | to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis |
| 钏 | chuàn | bracelet, armlet |
| 氚 | chuān | tritium |
Words containing 驯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驯马人 | xùn mǎ rén | horse trainer |
| 驯马场 | xùn mǎ chǎng | horse training ground |
| 驯养繁殖场 | xùn yǎng fán zhí chǎng | captive breeding facility; breeding farm |
| 驯马 | xùn mǎ | to break in a horse; a trained saddle horse |
| 驯化 | xùn huà | to tame; to domesticate |
| 调驯 | tiáo xùn | to look after and train (animals) |
| 驯服 | xùn fú | to tame; tame; docile |
| 驯养繁殖 | xùn yǎng fán zhí | domestication and breeding; captive breeding |
| 驯养 | xùn yǎng | to domesticate; to raise and train |
| 雅驯 | yǎ xùn | refined (of writing) |
| 温驯 | wēn xùn | docile; meek; harmless; moderate and obedient; tame |
| 驯顺 | xùn shùn | tame; docile |
| 驯良 | xùn liáng | docile; tame |
| 驯从 | xùn cóng | tame; obedient |
| 驯善 | xùn shàn | docile; tractable |
| 驯悍记 | xùn hàn jì | Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare |
| 驯鹿 | xùn lù | reindeer |
| 驯扰 | xùn rǎo | to tame |
| 驯驼 | xùn tuó | to tame a camel |
| 桀骜不驯 | jié ào bù xùn | arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding |