巡 (xún): to patrol, to make one's rounds, classifier for rounds of drinks
巡 (xún) is a Chinese character meaning “to patrol.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (structural) and 巛 (structural). It ranks #1534 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 巡 to walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to patrol
- to make one's rounds
- classifier for rounds of drinks
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿺辶巛 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巡逻 | xún luó | to patrol (police, army or navy) |
| 巡演 | xún yǎn | (theater etc) to tour |
| 巡回 | xún huí | to go around |
| 巡警 | xún jǐng | police patrol |
| 巡回演出 | xún huí yǎn chū | (theater etc) to tour |
| 巡逻队 | xún luó duì | (army, police) patrol |
| 巡游 | xún yóu | to cruise |
| 巡视 | xún shì | to inspect (a site) |
| 巡逻车 | xún luó chē | patrol car |
| 巡查 | xún chá | to patrol |
| 巡航 | xún háng | (military) to patrol (airspace or waters) |
| 巡洋舰 | xún yáng jiàn | cruiser (warship) |
| 巡抚 | xún fǔ | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times |
| 巡航导弹 | xún háng dǎo dàn | cruise missile |
| 巡礼 | xún lǐ | to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) |
巡 appears in 31 compound words: 77 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 巡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习巡字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí xún zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "巡" requires repeated practice to achieve neatness.
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xīn chūn zǒu jūn yíng fēng xuě 6 6 zài hóng bì shéng yìng zhào xún biān lù
New Year's walk to the barracks | 66 years of wind and snow, the red arm rope reflects the patrol road
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jūn duì zhèng xié wěi yuán lǚ zhí jǐn zé xún lǐ 丨 quán guó zhèng xié wěi yuán fù xiǎo bīng : nǔ lì tuī jìn chuàng miàn jiù zhì . . .
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mài dāng láo xīn chūn huā chē xún yóu G e n Z xīn lì jūn chū rù zhí chǎng gǎn shòu shì yī . . .
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2 0 2 6 nián P P A yà zhōu zhí yè pǐ kè qiú xún huí sài sài chéng jiē xiǎo , xiāng gǎng dà mǎn guàn sài jiāng chéng wéi yā zhóu sài shì
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一大群人聚在一起看巡游。
Yī dà qún rén jùzàiyīqǐ kàn xúnyóu.
A crowd of people gathered to see the parade.
Character Family
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