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xuán

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xuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuán | xuan2
English translation
eddy, whirlpool

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About xuán

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

xuán

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Swirling  xuán water  shuǐ xuán also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xuán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵旋

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Example sentences using xuán

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最近 zuìjìn de 一场瀑布 pùbù 搅成 le 泥水 ní shuǐ 漩涡 xuán wō

The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool.

墙纸 qiáng zhǐ shì 淡黄色 de 上面 shàng miàn 饰以漩涡 xuán wō zhuàng 叶片 yè piàn 凸起 tū qǐ 图案 túàn

The paper on the walls was pale gold, embossed with swirling leaf designs.

Words with xuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
漩涡 xuán wō eddy漩渦
xuán eddy xuán
泡漩 pào xuán eddy泡漩 pào xuán

xuán Decomposition & Compounds

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