薰

薰 · xūn

a medicinal herb; to cauterize

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xūn
Cantonese
fan1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a medicinal herb; to cauterize

Dictionary definitions & readings

薰 xūn · fragrance; warm; to educate; variant of 熏 xūn; to smoke; to fumigate

薰 xūn · sweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans; coumarin

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53313.140:xūn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1313.050:xūn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
417.030:xūn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xūn粵fan1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
クン かおる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
훈:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許云 許運 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4433.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1062.460 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
111.25 396.19 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0461e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85B0
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6209

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
薰
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
Middle Chinese
xjunH · 許運 · 臻合三去文曉 · #2581

PHONO-ML, source line 3908; 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
1171.506
kDaeJaweon
1527.230
kFennIndex
195.05
kGSR
0461e
kHanYu
53313.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1527.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53313.140
kIRGKangXi
1062.460
kKangXi
1062.460
kKarlgren
174
kMatthews
2912
kMeyerWempe
482n
kMorohashi
32192:E0102
kNelson
4077
kSBGY
111.25 396.19
kSMSZD2003Index
602.15
kCangjie
THGF
kFenn
28H
kFourCornerCode
4433.1
kHKGlyph
3553
kMojiJoho
MJ022986 MJ022986:E0101 MJ022987:E0102
kPhonetic
350
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E39
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2C8
kIRG_JSource
J3-7B40
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4F7
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D39
kIRG_TSource
T1-7734
kRSUnicode
140.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C2C8
kCCCII
21562F
kCNS1986
1-7734
kCNS1992
1-7734
kEACC
21562F
kGB0
6225
kGB1
6225
kIBMJapan
FB9E
kJIS0213
1,91,32
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010:U+85AB
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5651
kTGH
2013:6209
kTaiwanTelegraph
5651
kXerox
260:133
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+8611+140.3.14
kCantonese
fan1
kDefinition
a medicinal herb; to cauterize
kFanqie
許云 許運
kHangul
훈:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53313.140:xūn
kJapanese
クン かおる
kJapaneseKun
KAORU KAORIGUSA KAORI
kJapaneseOn
KUN
kKorean
HWUN
kMandarin
xūn
kSMSZD2003Readings
xūn粵fan1
kTGHZ2013
417.030:xūn
kTang
*xiuən
kXHC1983
1313.050:xūn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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10dictionary records using 薰0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹熏$(GHTJKP)

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