俊

jùn
adjective HSK 7-9 #12,869

Meanings

  1. 1 handsome
  2. 2 good-looking
  3. 3 talented

Examples

HSK 2
Zhège nánhái zhǎng de hěn jùn.
This boy is very handsome.
HSK 3
Tā juéde tā yòu jùn yòu cōngmíng.
She thinks he is both handsome and smart.

Tips

usage
俊 is typically used to describe men's good looks. For women, 漂亮 or 美 are more common. In northern dialects, 俊 is especially popular.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
亻 is the person radical 人 in left-side form. It marks 俊 as a quality of a person - joining 仁 优 伟 in the family of human-attribute characters describing what kind of individual someone is.
phonetic
夋 qūn
to retreat slowly; stately bearing
夋 supplies the sound (qūn drifted to jùn) and a faint flavor of measured grace. The same phonetic powers 峻 骏 竣 浚, all sharing the jun reading. The combined image is a person of stately, refined appearance - handsome and talented.

Stroke Order

俊 jùn