| 殉 | |||
| die for cause, be martyr for | |||
| Radical | 歹歹𣦵𣦶 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | xùn | Cantonese reading | seon1 seon6 |
| Japanese on reading | jun | Japanese kun reading | shitagau |
| Korean reading | swun | Vietnamese reading | tuẫn |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 侚 狥 | ||
| 殉国 | [ xùn guó ] to die for one's country |
| 殉节 | [ xùn jié ] to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) |
| 殉职 | [ xùn zhí ] to die in the line of duty |
| 殉难 | [ xùn nàn ] to sacrifice oneself in a just cause, a victim of a disaster |
| ⇒ 因公殉职 | [ yīn gōng xùn zhí ] to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom) |