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竣
jùn[jun4]Tone 4

complete, finish

HSK 7
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Topology:Left-right
Strokes:12
Writing Balance Rule: The left side (the stepping radical 纟/糹) takes up about one-third of the horizontal width, leaving the right side (夋) wider and structurally complex, ensuring balanced negative space.
1. Meaning

to complete, to finish, to accomplish

to bring to a successful endto stop or cease
VerbFormalBound morpheme#action#completion#construction
Sample Usage
  • 工程 预计 在 年底 竣工 。
    gōngchéng yùjì zài niándǐ jùngōng.
    The engineering project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
  • 工期 延误 了 ， 无法 按时 完工 竣工 。
    gōngqī yánwù le, wúfǎ ànshí wángōng jùngōng.
    The construction schedule was delayed, making it impossible to finish and complete on time.
2. Sound
/[t͡ɕyän˥˩]/Tone: 51
竣
jùnjun4
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=jùn
Build the syllable
Step-by-step blending
jun
Tone mark placement: Tone mark sits on "u" per main-vowel priority (a > e > o; in -iu/-ui the mark takes the second vowel).
Initial Consonant
j
Type: Unaspirated Alveolo-Palatal
Sounds like: j sound like the 'g' in 'gee' or 'j' in 'jeep' produced without aspiration
Unaspirated
Airflow Tactile Test: No air puff. Lips spread wide like smiling.
Tongue & Mouth Position: Flat of the tongue pressed against the roof of the mouth right behind the upper front teeth, releasing into a tight friction.
Final Rhyme
un
Vowel Group: -v vowel group
Sounds like: ü-n (ü rhymes with French 'u' or German 'ü', followed by nasal n)
Note: Written as 'un', pronounced as rounded 'ün' [y].
Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'ün'.
Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.
Abbreviated Rhyme Rule: ün is short for uen when attached to j, q, x, y.
Tone
T4 (51)
4th Tone (High-Falling)
Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 4 is a sharp, authoritative drop, identical to a single-syllable command in English like 'STOP!' or 'DOWN!'
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Listening trap: Do not confuse the unrounded final -un (as in jun) with the rounded front vowel final -ün. The vowel here is ü, requiring rounded lips.
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Physical Tone Gesture: Tone 4 starts high and chops straight down like a falling guillotine blade or nodding 'NO!' emphatically. Hand motion: chop downward from head height.
3. Writing

Topology: Left-right · Strokes: 12 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The left side (the stepping radical 纟/糹) takes up about one-third of the horizontal width, leaving the right side (夋) wider and structurally complex, ensuring balanced negative space.

4. Components

Radical 纟 · Silk Radical (silk thread, connection, continuation)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 纟 (Indicates connection, continuity, or bringing a thread of work to its final bound end.)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 夋 (original sound: jun)

The character combines the silk radical (纟) on the left—signifying a thread or continuous process—with the phonetic component 夋 (jun) on the right, which gives the sound and evokes a sense of stepping forward or arriving at a destination.

  • 纟 Silk thread, representing a continuous task or process
  • 夋 Phonetic component and semantic helper implying walking or advancing to a final point
5. History
Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Originally formed as a phono-semantic compound where 夋 provided the pronunciation and a sense of walking or reaching a destination, while the silk radical was added later to represent completing a thread or task.

Semantic Evolution: Over time, the meaning shifted from bringing a process or thread to a tied-off end into the general legal, architectural, and literary sense of completing or finishing a major project (e.g., 竣工 - project completion).

  • Often used in official administrative and engineering announcements in modern Chinese, such as 竣工 (completion of construction).
6. Sinosphere
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Kanji (Japanese)
On: シュン
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Hanja (Korean)
준
Sound Shift Bridge: Shared East Asian literary vocabulary root 'jun' / 'shun' representing completion, excellence, or talent.
7. Memory
Vivid Mnemonic Story

You pull the final thread (纟) of a grand tapestry as you walk (夋) your way to the finish line, successfully completing the project with a sharp, triumphant nod.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)
夋
Phonetic Core (声旁)
唆
suō(bound form) to incite; to instigate+ 口 (mouth)
俊
jùnhandsome, talented, smart+ 亻 (person)
峻
jùnhigh, steep, harsh+ 山 (mountain)
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Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)
骏(jùn)
骏 has the horse radical (马) because it refers to a fine horse; 竣 has the silk radical (纟) because it refers to finishing a thread or project.
俊(jùn)
俊 has the person radical (亻) on the left, meaning a handsome or talented person.
8. Mastery
Active Recall Challenge
这座 大楼 预计 在 年底 [___] 。
Clue: jùn
Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing 竣 (jùn - complete) with 俊 (jùn - handsome) or 骏 (jùn - steed) due to the identical right-hand phonetic component 夋.

Memory Prompts
Recognition: When you see 竣, what is its primary meaning and what radical does it use?
Production: How do you write the character for 'to complete/finish' (jùn) with the silk radical on the left?
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