滚
gǔnTraditional: 滾
#1315 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to roll, to boil, get lost
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the water radical 氵 (shuǐ, water) and 衮 (gǔn) as the phonetic element, originally describing churning water and extended to rolling and boiling.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 氵(water) + 衮 (gǔn, phonetic)
Stroke order
滚
Examples
。
The ball rolled down the hill.
，。
The water is boiling, you can put the noodles in.
喊。
He was so angry he shouted at them to get out.
。
The stone rolled to the side of the road.
泪落。
Tears rolled down her face.
滚 (gǔn) means to roll or to boil, and bluntly to get lost. It is used for tumbling motion, bubbling liquid and an angry dismissal.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 滚.
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