獯

獯 · xūn

a tribe of Scythians which invaded China during the Xia dynasty

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xūn
Cantonese
fan1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a tribe of Scythians which invaded China during the Xia dynasty

Dictionary definitions & readings

獯 xūn · used in 獯鬻 Xūn yù

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21374.050:xūn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1313.080:xūn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
417.040:xūn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xūn粵fan1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
クン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
훈:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許云 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KHHGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4223.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0720.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
111.31 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0461g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+736F
Radical
犬 · 94
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7969

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
獯
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xjun · 許云 · 臻合三平文曉 · #461

PHONO-ML, source line 3917; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
880.602
kDaeJaweon
1132.030
kGSR
0461g
kHanYu
21374.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1132.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21374.050
kIRGKangXi
0720.150
kKangXi
0720.150
kKarlgren
174
kMatthews
2910
kMeyerWempe
482j
kMorohashi
20754
kSBGY
111.31
kSMSZD2003Index
421.03
kCangjie
KHHGF
kFourCornerCode
4223.1
kMojiJoho
MJ017087
kPhonetic
350
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6234
kIRG_HSource
HB2-ED65
kIRG_JSource
J14-7055
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5886
kIRG_KSource
K1-746D
kIRG_TSource
T2-5D51
kRSUnicode
94.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
ED65
kCCCII
22582F
kCNS1986
2-5D51
kCNS1992
2-5D51
kEACC
22582F
kGB0
6620
kGB1
6620
kJIS0213
2,80,53
kJis1
4340
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3753
kTGH
2013:7969
kTaiwanTelegraph
3753
kXerox
304:277
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18079+94.3.14
kCantonese
fan1
kDefinition
a tribe of Scythians which invaded China during the Xia dynasty
kFanqie
許云
kHangul
훈:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21374.050:xūn
kJapanese
クン
kJapaneseOn
KUN
kKorean
HWUN
kMandarin
xūn
kSMSZD2003Readings
xūn粵fan1
kTGHZ2013
417.040:xūn
kXHC1983
1313.080:xūn

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
犭 beside 熏 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰犭熏$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰犭熏$(GHTJKP)

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