汛 (xùn): high water, flood, to sprinkle water

汛 (xùn) is a Chinese character meaning “high water.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 卂 (phonetic). It ranks #2963 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 汛 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 氵 water6 strokesFrequency #2963氵 semantic卂 phonetic

Definitions

  1. high water
  2. flood
  3. to sprinkle water

Etymology & Origin

汛

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵卂 (layout: left-right)

Components:氵semantic卂phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
鱼汛期yú xùn qīvariant of 漁汛期|渔汛期[yu2 xun4 qi1]
汛情xùn qíngwater levels during the flood season
洪汛期hóng xùn qīflood season
汛期xùn qīflood season
桃花汛táo huā xùnspring flood (at peach-blossom time)
渔汛期yú xùn qīfishing season
防汛fáng xùnflood control
鱼汛yú xùnvariant of 漁汛|渔汛[yu2 xun4]
春汛chūn xùnspring flood
秋汛qiū xùnautumn flood
潮汛cháo xùnspring tide
伏汛fú xùnsummer flood
凌汛líng xùnice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)
桃汛táo xùnspring flood (at peach-blossom time)
渔汛yú xùnfishing season
15
Total compounds
13
As first character
67
As last character
20
As middle character

汛 appears in 15 compound words: 13 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 20 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 汛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

旱hàn
0.5811,512 co-occurrences
防fáng
0.5547,608 co-occurrences
抗kàng
0.4241,470 co-occurrences
洪hóng
0.392636 co-occurrences
灾zāi
0.388264 co-occurrences
蚊wén
0.38466 co-occurrences
期qī
0.3833,948 co-occurrences
塘táng
0.383336 co-occurrences
挥huī
0.368354 co-occurrences
启qǐ
0.364330 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

站在桥上望去，汛水缓缓向东流去。

zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , xùn shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .

Standing on the bridge, the floodwaters flowed slowly eastward.

UdnnewsindexApr 2026

赶在台风汛期前 贯穿台东市太平溪紧急疏浚完成

gǎn zài tái fēng xùn qī qián guàn chuān tái dōng shì tài píng xī jǐn jí shū jùn wán chéng

中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻Apr 2026

中俄界江黑龙江漠河段防凌汛爆破11.15公里

zhōng é jiè jiāng hēi lóng jiāng mò hé duàn fáng líng xùn bào pò 1 1 . 1 5 gōng lǐ

中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻Mar 2026

水利部长江委:今年汛期长江流域来水量偏枯

shuǐ lì bù cháng jiāng wěi : jīn nián xùn qī cháng jiāng liú yù lái shuǐ liàng piān kū

EttodayMar 2026

防汛超前部署 第四河川分署整合跨县市资源强化...

fáng xùn chāo qián bù shǔ dì sì hé chuān fēn shǔ zhěng gě kuà xiàn shì zī yuán qiáng huà . . .

Proactive Flood Control Measures: The Fourth River Administration Bureau Coordinates Cross-County Resources to Strengthen...

Character Family

氵 Radical Family — Characters sharing the water radical

澳ào滨bīn濒bīn波bō沧cāng测cè潮cháo澈chè澄chéng池chí

Related Characters

水shuǐ汉hàn汽qì没méi洗xǐ渴kě永yǒng求qiú河hé油yóu

Homophones — Characters pronounced xùn

讯xùn勋xūn熏xūn寻xún旬xún巡xún询xún循xún训xùn迅xùn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 汛 (xùn) mean in Chinese?
汛 (xùn) primarily means "high water." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2963 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 汛 and 低?
汛 (xùn) and 低 (dī) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 汛 (high) vs 低 (low).
How many strokes does 汛 have?
汛 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 汛?
The radical associated with 汛 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are the components of 汛?
汛 is composed of: 氵 (semantic), 卂 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰氵卂 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 汛?
Common words with 汛 include: 鱼汛期 (yú xùn qī, "variant of 漁汛期|渔汛期[yu2 xun4 qi1]"); 汛情 (xùn qíng, "water levels during the flood season"); 洪汛期 (hóng xùn qī, "flood season"); 汛期 (xùn qī, "flood season"); 桃花汛 (táo huā xùn, "spring flood (at peach-blossom time)"). There are over 15 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 汛 (xùn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation xùn: 讯 ((bound form) to ask), 勋 ((bound form) meritorious accomplishment), 熏 (to smoke), 寻 (to search), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 汛 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 汛 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.