I am still very confused about what makes a pun in Chinese, or at least make one funny.

So should I factor in character for puns, or would it be only tone that marks the pun?

For example 寻 and 荀 have the same tone but different character, so supposed I say 荀子揍寻。 that’s not a very good pun, but it is a pun nonetheless, right?

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