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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xùn
Cantonese: seon1 seon6
JapaneseKun: SHITAGAU
JapaneseOn: JUN
Korean: SWUN
Vietnamese: tuẫn

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: die for cause, be martyr for

CE-Dict: to be buried with the dead/to die for a cause

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(of things, pets, and people) to be interred or buried alive with the dead
2.to sacrifice one's life for

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: be buried alive with the dead; sacrifice one's life for

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: be buried alive with the dead; sacrifice one's life for

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【歹字部】 殉
【廣韻】辭閏切【集韻】徐閏切【韻會】【正韻】松閏切,𠀤音徇。【玉篇】用人送死也。【禮·檀弓】子亢曰:以殉葬,非禮也。【左傳·文六年】秦伯任好卒,以子車氏之三子爲殉。國人哀之,爲之賦《黃鳥》。 又營也,求也。【書·伊訓】殉于貨色。【傳】殉,求也。正義曰:殉者,心循其事,是貪求之意,故爲求。【前漢·李陵傳】殉國家之急。【註】師古曰:殉,營也。一曰從也。又【班固·幽通賦】豈余身之足殉兮,違世業之可懷。【項岱註】亦訓營。 又凡以身從物皆曰殉。【莊子·騈拇篇】小人則以身殉利,士則以身殉名,天下盡殉也。彼所殉仁義也,則俗謂之君子。所殉貨財也,則俗謂之小人。 又【集韻】松倫切,音旬。義同。【書·伊訓】殉于貨色。徐邈讀。 又【集韻】余絹切,音蝝。義同。
考證:〔【左傳·文六年】秦伯好任卒。〕 謹照原文好任改任好。

CF-Dict: convoiter/enterrer avec un mort/sacrifier/(s'étendre à/être d'accord avec)

Han-De-Dict: für jemanden sein Leben einsetzen (u.E.)