| 巽 | |||
| 5th of the 8 trigrams; south-east; mild, modest, obedient | |||
| Radical | 己已巳 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | xùn | Cantonese reading | seon3 |
| Japanese on reading | son | Japanese kun reading | tatsumi |
| Korean reading | son | Vietnamese reading | rốn |
| 巽 | [ xùn ] to obey, one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind, ☴, ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) |
| 巽他海峽 | [ xùn tā haǐ xiá ] Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java |
| 巽他群島 | [ xùn tā qún daǒ ] Sunda Islands (Malay archipelago) |
| 巽他語 | [ xùn tā yǔ ] Sunda language, used in West Java province in Indonesia |
| ⇒ 趙爾巽 | [ zhaò ěr xùn ] Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿 |