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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- chun3
- English meanings
- stupid, sluggish, clumsy, to wiggle (of worms), to move in a disorderly fashion
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 春; bottom (Left–right arrangement: left 虫; right 虫.).
Meaning & sound clues
虫 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “worm”.
春 is identified as the sound component (chūn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 蠢.
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.
lip
spring
pure; honest
pure
pure; mellow
Example sentences
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Related words
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