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(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

彳 meaning “step” + 盾 sound ( dùn )

Components 彳盾

comply with · Heisig RSH #1998

queue + 盾 shield

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
循化撒拉族自治县	Xún huà Sā lā zú Zì zhì xiàn	Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市\|海东市[Hai3 dong1 Shi4], Qinghai
循环小数	xún huán xiǎo shù	recurring decimal
循化县	Xún huà Xiàn	see 循化撒拉族自治縣\|循化撒拉族自治县[Xun2 hua4 Sa1 la1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
恶性循环	è xìng xún huán	vicious circle
良性循环	liáng xìng xún huán	virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
循环论证	xún huán lùn zhèng	circular argument; logical error consisting of begging the question; Latin: petitio princi…
循环经济	xún huán jīng jì	circular economy
循环系统	xún huán xì tǒng	circulatory system
循环性	xún huán xìng	cyclical; cyclic; circulatory; recurrent; recursive; cyclicity
循环使用	xún huán shǐ yòng	recycle; to use in cyclic order
死循环	sǐ xún huán	endless loop
循环节	xún huán jié	recurring section of a rational decimal
血液循环	xuè yè xún huán	blood circulation
循道宗	Xún dào zōng	Methodism
循环赛	xún huán sài	round-robin tournament
冠脉循环	guān mài xún huán	coronary circulation
因循守旧	yīn xún shǒu jiù	(idiom) to continue in the same old rut; diehard conservative attitudes
循化	Xún huà	see 循化撒拉族自治縣\|循化撒拉族自治县[Xun2 hua4 Sa1 la1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
循分	xún fèn	to abide by one's duties
燃料循环	rán liào xún huán	fuel cycle