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诨

諢
hùn
noun #86,612

Meanings

  1. 1 a joke; jest
  2. 2 a nickname

Examples

HSK 3
因为胖，朋友给他起了个诨名。
Yīnwèi pàng, péngyou gěi tā qǐ le ge hùn míng.
Because he was so chubby, his friends gave him a nickname.
HSK 7-9
插科打诨是戏曲里的逗趣表演。
Chākē-dǎhùn shì xìqǔ lǐ de dòuqù biǎoyǎn.
"To crack jokes and clown around" describes comic banter in opera and storytelling.

Tips

usage
诨 means a joke or a comic nickname. It is most common in 插科打诨 ("to clown and crack jokes") and 诨名 ("a nickname").

Components

radical
讠 yán
speech; words
讠 is the speech radical 言 in left-side form, fitting 诨 as a kind of spoken joke.
phonetic
军 jūn
army
军 serves as the phonetic; the sound has drifted to hùn. It carries no meaning in 诨.

Stroke Order

诨 hùn