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Character « 吮 »

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Character
吮
(7 stroke)
Radical
口
(+4 stroke)
Pinyin
shǔn

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WubiKCQN
CangjieRIHU
Bishun2515435
Sijiao63012
UnicodeU+542E

吮 (吮) shǔn

General meaning
Definitions
Words
Vocabulary

◎ 聚拢嘴唇吸：～吸。～乳。～痈舐痔（喻不择手段谄媚讨好有权势的人）。

Verb

(形声。从口,允声。本义:用口含吸,缓饮)
同本义 [suck]

医善吮人之伤,含人之血。——《韩非子·备内》

磨牙吮血,杀人如麻。——李白《蜀道难》

母曰:“非然也。往年吴公吮其父,其父战不旋踵,遂死于敌。吴公今又吮其子,妾不知其死矣。”——《史记·孙子吴起列传》

卒有病疽者,起为吮之。
又如:吮痈(用嘴吸痈疽的脓血以祛毒);吮疮(以口嘬吸疮疽之毒);吮卒(为士兵嘬吸疮口的脓血);吮嘬(用嘴吸)
舐 [lick]。如:吮墨(口含笔毫,形容沉思写作的样子;用笔蘸墨。指为文作画);吮笔,吮毫(含毫。借指构思为文或绘画)