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貫 guàn

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貫 guàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guàn | guan4
English translation
to pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins

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About 貫 guàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

貫 guàn

Contains the radical

貝 bèi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

money

Etymology of 貫 guàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱毌貝

Semantic compound

貝 bèi

Phonetic compound

毌 guàn

Explanation

Simplified form of 貫 guàn . Phonosemantic compound. 貝 bèi represents the meaning and 毌 guàn represents the sound. Originally written as 毌 guàn , a pictograph of a string being pierced through something. The 貝 bèi component was added later, conveying a string of shells used as mo

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Words with 貫 guàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贯彻 guànchè to implement貫徹
一贯 yīguàn consistent一貫
贯穿 guàn chuān to run through貫穿
全神贯注 quán shén guàn zhù with rapt attention全神貫注
贯 guàn to pierce through貫 guàn
连贯 lián guàn to link up (disparate elements)連貫
满贯 mǎn guàn grand slam滿貫
贯通 guàn tōng to link up貫通
腰缠万贯 yāo chán wàn guàn loaded腰纏萬貫
籍贯 jíguàn one's native place籍貫
横贯 héng guàn to cut across橫貫
恶贯满盈 è guàn mǎn yíng replete with vice惡貫滿盈
万贯 wàn guàn very wealthy萬貫
如雷贯耳 rú léi guàn ěr lit. like thunder piercing the ear如雷貫耳
融会贯通 róng huì guàn tōng to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas融會貫通
贯注 guàn zhù to concentrate貫注
万贯家财 wàn guàn jiā cái vast wealth萬貫家財
纵贯 zòng guàn to pass through縱貫
鱼贯 yú guàn in single file魚貫
贯串 guàn chuàn to pierce through貫串
鱼贯而入 yú guàn ér rù to walk in in a line魚貫而入
贯彻始终 guàn chè shǐ zhōng to follow through貫徹始終
罗贯中 Luó Guàn zhōng Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works羅貫中
鱼贯而出 yú guàn ér chū to file out魚貫而出

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