滚

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to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost!

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 衮 sound ( gǔn )

Components 氵衮

trundle · Heisig RSH #1949

水 water + top hat and scarf + 公 public

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
瓜无滚圆，人无十全	guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán	no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
滚石上山	gǔn shí shàng shān	(fig.) to press ahead with a difficult undertaking through sustained effort
利滚利	lì gǔn lì	compound interest (esp. in loans, snowballing debt)
地滚球	dì gǔn qiú	ten-pin bowling; bowling ball; (baseball etc) ground ball
滚动条	gǔn dòng tiáo	(computing) scroll bar
滚刀肉	gǔn dāo ròu	annoying person; troublemaker; pain in the neck
滚子	gǔn zi	roller
滚水	gǔn shuǐ	boiling water
滚动	gǔn dòng	to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics)…
滚装船	gǔn zhuāng chuán	roll-on, roll-off ship (RORO ship); vessel designed to load and unload vehicles by driving…
滚开	gǔn kāi	(of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off!
打滚	dǎ gǔn	to roll about
滚石	Gǔn shí	Rock Records, Taiwanese record label; the Rolling Stones, British rock band; Rolling Stone…
滚球	gǔn qiú	lawn bowls; bocce; pétanque; bowling ball
回滚	huí gǔn	(computing) to roll back; rollback; (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or …
滚床单	gǔn chuáng dān	(coll.) to have sex
滚子轴承	gǔn zi zhóu chéng	roller bearing
滚落	gǔn luò	to tumble
滚边	gǔn biān	(of a dress etc) border, edging
滚彩蛋	gǔn cǎi dàn	egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
衮 sound part	gǔn	imperial robe; ceremonial dress
磙	gǔn	stone roller