俊

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smart; eminent; handsome; talented

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 夋 sound

Components 亻夋

handsome · Heisig RSH #2477

人 person + streetwalker

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
识时务者为俊杰	shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié	(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances
海部俊树	Hǎi bù Jùn shù	KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991
马俊仁	Mǎ Jùn rén	Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach
忍俊不禁	rěn jùn bù jīn	cannot help laughing; unable to restrain a smile
俊美	jùn měi	pretty; handsome
林俊杰	Lín Jùn jié	JJ Lin (1981–), Singaporean pop star
李俊	Lǐ Jùn	Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳\|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
英俊	yīng jùn	handsome
俊雅	jùn yǎ	(literary) elegant; graceful; refined
帝俊	Dì jùn	Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳\|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
俊秀	jùn xiù	well-favored; elegant; pretty
朱俊	Zhū Jùn	Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han
俊拔	jùn bá	outstandingly talented
杨俊	Yáng Jùn	Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅\|杨坚[Yang2 Jian1]
俊杰	jùn jié	elite; outstanding talent; genius
忍俊	rěn jùn	smiling
徐俊	Xú Jùn	Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
肇俊哲	Zhào Jùn zhé	Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player
俊俏	jùn qiào	attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant
溥俊	Pǔ jùn	a Qing prince who was the designated successor to emperor Guangxu until the Boxer uprising

Characters sharing the sound component 夋 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
夋 sound part	—	to dawdle; the emperor Yao's father
梭	suō	a weaver's shuttle; to go back and forth
峻	jùn	high, steep, towering; stern
浚	jùn	to dredge
唆	suō	to make mischief; to instigate, to incite
焌	jùn	to ignite, to light
竣	jùn	to terminate, to finish, to end; to quit
骏	jùn	an excellent horse; a noble steed
逡	qūn	to withdraw, to retreat, to fall back
黢	qū	black
悛	quān	to repent; to reform
狻	suān	a fabulous beast
皴	cūn	chapped, cracked
睃	suō	to squint at