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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- gun3
- English meanings
- to boil, to roll, to take a hike, Get lost!
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 衮.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
衮 is identified as the sound component (gǔn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 滚.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
rod
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Related words
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- 摇滚
- 滚动
- 连滚带爬