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勋

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(bound form) meritorious accomplishment

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Strokes
9
Radical
力 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
勛
Common rank
#2,594
Unicode
U+52CB

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Formation & memory

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How 勋 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

力 meaning “strength” + 员 sound ( yuán )

Components 员 力

How to remember it

merit · Heisig RSH #1983

员 employee + muscle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 勋

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

WordPinyinMeaning
开国元勋 kāi guó yuán xūn variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also …
开国元勋 kāi guó yuán xūn founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or s…
大紫荆勋章 Dà Zǐ jīng Xūn zhāng Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's hon…
光禄勋 guāng lù xūn minister of the imperial household
勋业 xūn yè (literary) distinguished service and achievement
张勋复辟 Zhāng Xūn Fù bì Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstat…
元勋 yuán xūn leading light; founding father; principal proponent; also written 元勳|元勋
元勋 yuán xūn leading light; founding father; principal proponent
张勋 Zhāng Xūn Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated empero…
功勋 gōng xūn meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
勋章 xūn zhāng medal; decoration
授勋 shòu xūn to award an honor
勋爵 xūn jué Lord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer
勋绩 xūn jì meritorious service; distinguished achievement
高畑勋 Gāo tián Xūn Isao Takahata (1935-2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
员 sound part yuán employee; member; personnel, staff
圆 yuán circle; circular, round; complete
损 sǔn to damage, to harm
陨 yǔn to slip, to fall; to drop; to die
殒 yǔn to die, to fall, to perish, to vanish
郧 yún a county in Hubei province
筼 yún tall bamboo
埙 xūn ocarina