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Usage of the character 巽

xùn
[巽]
  • to obey
  • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 (bāguà), symbolizing wood and wind
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
Zhào Erxùn
赵尔巽
[趙爾巽]
  • Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
Xùntāyǔ
巽他语
[巽他語]
  • Sunda language, used in West Java province in Indonesia
Xùntā Qúndǎo
巽他群岛
[巽他群島]
  • Sunda Islands (Malay archipelago)
Xùntā Hǎixiá
巽他海峡
[巽他海峽]
  • Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java