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huàn

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huàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huàn | huan4
English translation
government official

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About huàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

huàn

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A minister  Chén in a statehouse  gài

Etymology of huàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

宀臣

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Example sentences using huàn

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shì 十年 huàn náng ,尽付东 liú !

" Every penny of ten years'savings down the drain!

Words with huàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宦官 huàn guān court eunuch宦官 huàn guān
官宦 guān huàn functionary官宦 guān huàn
huàn court eunuch huàn
宦海 huàn hǎi officialdom宦海 huàn hǎi
仕宦 shì huàn (literary) to serve as an official仕宦 shì huàn
显宦 xiǎn huàn high official顯宦
宦门 huàn mén family of officials宦門
宦海风波 huàn hǎi fēng bō lit. raging sea of bureaucracy宦海風波

huàn Decomposition & Compounds

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