滚(gǔn)

HSK 513 strokesTrad. 滾

to boil

Print a 滚 worksheet PDFPractice writing 滚

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
gǔn
Meaning
to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost!
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
滾

Origin & structure

Where 滚 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵衮

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 衮 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ衮gǔn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 滚 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13

Words with 滚

Common words using 滚 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yáo摇gǔn滚
HSK 7-9

rock 'n' roll (music); to rock; to fall off

Open 摇滚 page →
gǔn滚dòng动
HSK 7-9

to roll

Open 滚动 page →
huí回gǔn滚

(computing) to roll back; rollback; (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due …

Open 回滚 page →
dǎ打gǔn滚

to roll about

Open 打滚 page →
lì利gǔn滚lì利

compound interest (esp. in loans, snowballing debt)

Open 利滚利 page →
yuán圆gǔn滚gǔn滚

plump

Open 圆滚滚 page →
pì屁gǔn滚niào尿liú流

to piss one's pants in terror (idiom)

Open 屁滚尿流 page →
yáo摇gǔn滚yuè乐

rock music

Open 摇滚乐 page →

Related characters

More HSK 5 characters

丑丢乏乘乙亏享仔

From 滚’s common words

摇动回打利圆屁尿

Ready to master 滚?

Trace 滚 stroke by stroke in the online practice tool, or turn it into a printable worksheet PDF with Tianzige practice grids, pinyin, and stroke-order breakdowns.

Practice 滚 onlineGenerate worksheet PDFBrowse all of HSK 5 →