Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 孫 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (遜)
Simplified (逊)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
逊
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
逊
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
逊
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
逊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
逊 / 遜 [xùn]
to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
遜 そん
Son given name
遜 ゆずる
Yuzuru given name
CHINESE WORDS (42)
约翰逊 [Yuēhànxùn] #7,173
Johnson or Johnston (name)
杰克逊 [Jiékèxùn] #9,665
Jackson (name)
逊色 [xùnsè] #34,310
inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
亚马逊 [Yàmǎxùn] #16,858
Amazon
麦迪逊 [Màidíxùn] #7,944
Madison (name)
威尔逊 [Wēi'ěrxùn] #9,724
Wilson (name)
谦逊 [qiānxùn] #15,668
humble
罗宾逊 [Luóbīnxùn] #14,770
Robinson (name)
纳尔逊 [Nà'ěrxùn] #14,969
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
不逊 [bùxùn] #27,636
rude
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JAPANESE WORDS (12)
⭐ 謙遜 [けんそん] #7,407
modesty
不遜 [ふそん] #14,662
haughty
遜色ない [そんしょくない] #29,164
standing comparison with
傲岸不遜 [ごうがんふそん] #33,830
haughty arrogance
遜色のない [そんしょくのない] #56,139
standing comparison with
遜色 [そんしょく] #57,239
inferiority
遜色がない [そんしょくがない] #63,837
standing comparison with
謙る [へりくだる] #81,792
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener
傲慢不遜 [ごうまんふそん] #112,673
haughty
遜色がある [そんしょくがある] #168,336
inferior to
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KOREAN WORDS (3)