残 cán

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Traditional form

殘 cán

Contains the radical

歹 dǎi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

death

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰歹戋

Semantic compound

歹 dǎi

Phonetic compound

戋 jiān

Explanation

Simplified form of 殘 cán . Phonosemantic compound. 歹 dǎi represents the meaning and 戔 jiān represents the sound.

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到 dào 1644年 Nián ,这 zhè 残垣 cán yuán 中 Zhōng 只 zhǐ 剩 shèng 一 yī 堆 duī 石头 shítou .

In 1644, a lone heap of stones from this remained.

你 nǐ 现在 xiànzài 要 yāo 是 shì 失败 shībài 了 le , 谁 shuí 来 lái 收 shōu 拾 shè 残局 cán jú ?

If you fail now, who will pick up the pieces?

数百 shù bǎi 名 míng 无辜 wúgū 平民 píng mín 遭 zāo 残杀 cán shā .

Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.

白色 bái sè 的 de 残 cán 云 yún 飘 piāo 过 Guò 天空 tiānkōng .

White fragments of clouds were drifting across the sky.

那 Nā 残忍 cánrěn 的 de 人 rén 使 shǐ 他 tā 的 de 马 Mǎ 饿 è 得 dé 半死 bàn sǐ .

The cruel man half starved his horses.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 残 cán in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
残 cán	to destroy	殘 cán
残忍 cánrěn	cruel	殘忍
残酷 cánkù	cruel	殘酷
残疾人 cán jí rén	disabled person	殘疾人
残留 cánliú	to remain	殘留
残疾 cánjí	disabled	殘疾
残骸 cán hái	remains	殘骸
凶残 xiōng cán	savage	兇殘
残余 cán yú	remnant	殘餘
残暴 cán bào	brutal	殘暴
残废 cán fèi	deformity	殘廢
残杀 cán shā	to massacre	殘殺
摧残 cuīcán	to ravage	摧殘
残局 cán jú	endgame (in chess)	殘局
伤残 shāng cán	disabled	傷殘
残害 cán hài	to injure	殘害
残留物 cán liú wù	remnant	殘留物
自相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā	to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife	自相殘殺
残缺 cán quē	badly damaged	殘缺
残存 cán cún	to survive	殘存
残渣 cán zhā	remainder	殘渣
残破 cán pò	broken	殘破
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn	to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)	苟延殘喘
残障 cán zhàng	handicapped	殘障
残酷无情 cán kù wú qíng	cruel and unfeeling (idiom)	殘酷無情