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Chinese characters with Pinyin sun

Learn how to write 12 Chinese characters pronounced “sun” across 2 tone-marked pronunciations. Open any character for animated stroke order, words, sentences, and printable practice.

START WITH COMMON CHARACTERS

Common “sun” Chinese characters

The same romanized syllable can represent different characters and tones. These useful HSK vocabulary characters are shown first so learners can begin with everyday Mandarin.

TONE-MARKED PINYIN

Chinese characters pronounced sǔn

6 dictionary entries use the pronunciation sǔn, including 损 (to decrease; to lose), 笋 (bamboo shoot), 隼 (falcon), 筍 (Chinese character), 損 (Chinese character).

6 characters
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN

Chinese characters pronounced sūn

6 dictionary entries use the pronunciation sūn, including 孙 (grandson), 狲 (used in 猢猻|猢狲[hu2sun1]), 荪 (fragrant grass), 孫 (Chinese character), 飧 ((literary) supper).

6 characters
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PRINTABLE PRACTICE

Practice these sun characters

Create an A4 Tianzige or Mizige worksheet using 2 useful characters from this pronunciation group.

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