Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".
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Historical Evolution
準
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
準
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
準
Regular
Modern
Chinese
准 / 準 [zhǔn]
accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
Japanese
semi-; quasi-; associate
Korean
준 [準]
jun-; A prefix used to indicate a certain role or qualification falls short of but is comparable to the one denoted by the noun it is attached to.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
準 じゅん
Jun female given name
準 じゅんじ
Junji unclassified name
準 ただし
Tadashi given name
準 はやと
Hayato unclassified name
準 ひさし
Hisashi unclassified name
準 ひとし
Hitoshi male given name
CHINESE WORDS (98)
准备 [zhǔnbèi] #187
preparation
标准 [biāozhǔn] #2,239
(an official) standard
准确 [zhǔnquè] #3,326
accurate
瞄准 [miáozhǔn] #3,476
to take aim at
准时 [zhǔnshí] #3,829
on time
准则 [zhǔnzé] #7,143
norm
水准 [shuǐzhǔn] #7,999
level (of achievement etc)
基准 [jīzhǔn] #30,455
norm
标准化 [biāozhǔnhuà] #28,476
standardization
对准 [duìzhǔn] #7,015
to aim at
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 準備 [じゅんび] #381
preparation
⭐ 基準 [きじゅん] #2,998
standard
心の準備 [こころのじゅんび] #7,617
mental preparedness
⭐ 照準 [しょうじゅん] #12,431
sight (e.g. of a gun)
⭐ 水準 [すいじゅん] #14,761
level
⭐ 標準 [ひょうじゅん] #15,470
standard
準備万端 [じゅんびばんたん] #18,041
fully prepared
下準備 [したじゅんび] #19,144
preparations
準備室 [じゅんびしつ] #21,161
preparation room
準備運動 [じゅんびうんどう] #22,830
warming (limbering) up
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