Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced hun
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced hun, including 婚 hūn, 混 hún / hùn, 魂 hún, 昏 hūn, 浑 hún. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For hun, start on h and let it run into un without pausing; keep the mouth moving and hold the tone to the end.
Initial h
Start the syllable on the initial h, then run straight into the final un — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final un
Settle the final un into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (婚 hūn, 混 hún / hùn, 魂 hún, 昏 hūn, 浑 hún) and lock in their tones. 5 common characters share the sound hun, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
hun turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 婚, 昏 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 混, 魂, 浑 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing hun inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
5 common characters in this group.