棺 guān

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

棺 guān

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木官

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

官 Guān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 官 Guān represents the sound.

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穷人 qióng rén 从 Cóng 出 chū 娘胎 niáng tāi 到 dào 进 jìn 棺材 guān cai 都 dōu 吃 chī 不饱.

The poor are hungry from their birth till the day they die.

他们 tā men 把 bǎ 棺材 guān cai 抬 tái 进 jìn 教堂 jiào táng .

They bore the coffin into the church.

调查 diàochá 之事远未 wèi 盖棺定论 gài guān dìng lùn 。

The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.

两具棺材 guān cai 被 bèi 抬进教堂 jiào táng 时 shí ，约 yāo 有 yǒu 150名 míng 当地人在 zài 一旁 yī páng 默默 mòmò 观看 guān kàn 。

About 150 local people looked on in silence as the two coffins were taken into the church.

Explore 9 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 棺 guān in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
棺材 guān cai	coffin	棺材 guān cai
棺 guān	coffin	棺 guān
棺木 guān mù	coffin	棺木 guān mù
石棺 shí guān	sarcophagus	石棺 shí guān
棺椁 guān guǒ	coffin	棺槨
盖棺定论 gài guān dìng lùn	don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)	蓋棺定論
盖棺论定 gài guān lùn dìng	don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)	蓋棺論定
不见棺材不落泪 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi	lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)	不見棺材不落淚
棺材瓤子 guān cai ráng zi	geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)	棺材瓤子 guān cai ráng zi