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foolish

HSK 7
chǔn
シュン
うご.めく
Phonosemantic compound. 春 represents the sound and 䖵 represents the meaning.
Components
springtime+ insects =
foolish
Phonetic component
chūn springtime
old variant of 春[chūn]
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Meaning component
kūn insects
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[chǔn]
stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion
Example Sentences