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zhàn

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zhàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhàn | zhan4
English translation
to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams

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About zhàn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of zhàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹定

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dìng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dìng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhàn .

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Words with zhàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
绽放 zhàn fàng to blossom綻放
破绽 pò zhàn hole or tear in cloth破綻
zhàn to burst open zhàn
绽开 zhàn kāi to burst forth綻開
皮开肉绽 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)皮開肉綻
破绽百出 pò zhàn bǎi chū lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)破綻百出
绽露 zhàn lù to appear (formal)綻露
绽裂 zhàn liè to split open綻裂
开绽 kāi zhàn to come unsewn開綻
卖破绽 mài pò zhàn to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)賣破綻

zhàn Decomposition & Compounds

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