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kuān

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kuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuān | kuan1
English translation
hip, pelvis

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About kuān

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

kuān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

bone

Etymology of kuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

骨宽

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Kuān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Kuān represents the sound. Simplified form of kuān .

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Example sentences using kuān

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他们 tā men liǎ dōu 感到 gǎn dào 髋部疼痛 téng tòng 难忍

They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.

de 耳朵 ěrduo 肩膀 jiānbǎng 髋部 chéng 一条直线 zhí xiàn

Her ear, shoulder and hip are in a straight line.

一步 yāo 躲闪 duǒ shǎn de 时候 shíhou 瓶子 píngzi 打中 dǎ zhòng le 我的 Zuǒ 髋部

As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip.

Words with kuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
kuān pelvis kuān
髋关节 kuān guān jié pelvis髖關節
髋骨 kuān gǔ hip bone髖骨

kuān Decomposition & Compounds

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