滚

gǔn

g+ǔn·3rd tone

to boil · to roll

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 13 HSK 5

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

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Character Decomposition

滚=氵+衮

Etymology

water

Meanings

to boil

to roll

to take a hike

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Words with 滚 68 total

to roll about打滚dǎ gǔn (computing) to roll back · rollback · (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or sloping ground)回滚huí gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) · to rock · to fall off摇滚yáo gǔn (engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)滚刀gǔn dāo to roll · (to do sth) in a loop · to scroll (computing) · to progressively expand (economics) · to rumble (of thunder)滚动gǔn dòng as round as a ball滚圆gǔn yuán drum roll滚奏gǔn zòu roller滚子gǔn zi boiling water滚水gǔn shuǐ (of a liquid) to boil滚沸gǔn fèi nickname for a panda滚滚Gǔn gǔn boiling hot滚烫gǔn tàng

Idioms with 滚 10 total Chain

lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently · to know sth inside out · to know sth by heart滚瓜烂熟gǔn guā làn shú to piss one's pants in terror (idiom) · scared witless屁滚尿流pì gǔn niào liú

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