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huán

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huán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huán | huan2
English translation
variety of tree; surname

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About huán

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

huán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of huán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木亘

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gèn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gèn represents the sound.

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Words with huán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
huán big huán
盘桓 pán huán to pace盤桓
乌桓 Wū huán Wuhuan (nomadic tribe)烏桓
罗荣桓 Luó Róng huán Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader羅榮桓
齐桓公 Qí Huán gōng Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 Chūn qiū Wǔ bà 齊桓公
桓台县 Huán tái xiàn Huantai county in Zibo 淄博 Zī bó [Zī​bó], Shandong桓台縣
桓台 Huán tái Huantai county in Zibo 淄博 Zī bó [Zī​bó], Shandong桓台 Huán tái
张荫桓 Zhāng Yìn huán Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat張蔭桓
桓仁 Huán rén Huanren Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪 Běn xī , Liaoning桓仁 Huán rén
桓仁县 Huán rén xiàn Huanren Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪 Běn xī , Liaoning桓仁縣
桓仁满族自治县 Huán rén Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn Huanren Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪 Běn xī , Liaoning桓仁滿族自治縣

huán Decomposition & Compounds

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