逊

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to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 孙 sound ( sūn )

Components 辶孙

modest · Heisig RSH #298

孙 grandchild + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
出言不逊	chū yán bù xùn	to speak rudely
亚马逊河	Yà mǎ xùn Hé	Amazon River
托克逊县	Tuō kè xùn Xiàn	Toksun, a county in Turpan City 吐魯番市\|吐鲁番市[Tu3 lu3 fan1 Shi4], Xinjiang
哈德逊河	Hā dé xùn Hé	Hudson River, New York State, USA
逊克县	Xùn kè Xiàn	Xunke, a county in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang
亚马逊	Yà mǎ xùn	Amazon
尼尔逊	Ní ěr xùn	Nelson or Nillson (name); Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
撒克逊人	Sā kè xùn rén	Saxon (people)
纳尔逊	Nà ěr xùn	Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
麦迪逊广场花园	Mài dí xùn Guǎng chǎng Huā yuán	Madison Square Garden
麦迪逊花园广场	Mài dí xùn huā yuán guǎng chǎng	Madison Square Garden
托克逊	Tuō kè xùn	see 托克遜縣\|托克逊县[Tuo1 ke4 xun4 Xian4]
萨克逊	Sà kè xùn	Saxon
罗伯逊	Luó bó xùn	Robertson (name)
威尔逊	Wēi ěr xùn	Wilson (name)
马礼逊	Mǎ lǐ xùn	Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary …
毫不逊色	háo bù xùn sè	not inferior in any respect
毫无逊色	háo wú xùn sè	not in the least inferior (idiom)
迈克尔·杰克逊	Mài kè ěr · Jié kè xùn	Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer
亨利·哈德逊	Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn	Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
孙 sound part	sūn	grandchild, descendent; surname
狲	sūn	monkey
荪	sūn	aromatic grass; flower, iris