Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced sun
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced sun, including 损 sǔn, 孙 sūn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
sun keeps the tongue flat behind the teeth for s (not curled), then glides into un; say it in one beat and ride the tone through.
Initial s
Keep the tongue flat and the sound clean.
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 (损 sǔn, 孙 sūn) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound sun, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
sun 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: 孙 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 损 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing sun inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.