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xuán

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xuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuán | xuan2
English translation
to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung

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About xuán

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

xuán

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Pride  xīn   in one's country  xiàn , expressed by a flag;  xiàn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xuán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

縣心

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Words with xuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xuán to worry xuán
悬崖 xuán yá precipice懸崖
悬念 xuánniàn concern for sb's welfare懸念
悬挂 xuánguà to suspend懸掛
悬赏 xuán shǎng bounty懸賞
悬殊 xuánshū widely different懸殊
悬浮 xuán fú suspension懸浮
悬案 xuán àn unresolved question懸案
悬而未决 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision懸而未決
悬疑 xuán yí suspense懸疑
悬空 xuán kōng to hang in the air懸空
磁悬浮 cí xuán fú maglev磁懸浮
口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé eloquent口若懸河
悬崖峭壁 xuányáqiàobì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)懸崖峭壁
悬停 xuán tíng to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)懸停
悬崖勒马 xuán yá lè mǎ fig. to act in the nick of time懸崖勒馬
悬雍垂 xuán yōng chuí uvula (biology)懸雍垂
悬臂 xuán bì cantilever懸臂
悬浮物 xuán fú wù suspended matter懸浮物
倒悬 dào xuán lit. to hang upside down倒懸
悬索桥 xuán suǒ qiáo suspension bridge懸索橋
悬垂 xuán chuí overhang懸垂
悬岩 xuán yán cliff懸岩

xuán Decomposition & Compounds

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