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贯

guàn

to pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins

🔤 Pictophonetic: 贝 (money) provides meaning, 毌 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 8 strokes Common (15%)
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Component Breakdown

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毌
guàn
old form of 貫
贝
bèi
sea shell; money, currency
⿱毌贝 i

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Component Tree i

guàn
毌
old form of 貫
4 strokes
bèi
贝
sea shell; money, currency
📷 Pictographic: A sea shell, once used as currency
4 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 贯 (34)

guànchè
贯彻 ↗
HSK 6
to implement / to put into practice / to carry out
yīguàn
一贯 ↗
HSK 6
consistent / constant / from start to finish / all along / persistent
jíguàn
籍贯 ↗
HSK 6
one's native place / place of ancestry / registered birthplace
guàn
贯 ↗
to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash
liánguàn
连贯 ↗
strung together as a series
héngguàn
横贯 ↗
horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally
mǎnguàn
满贯 ↗
to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success
zòngguàn
纵贯 ↗
lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
yúguàn
鱼贯 ↗
one after the other / in single file
qìguànchánghóng
气贯长虹 ↗
spirit reaches to the rainbow / full of noble aspiration and daring
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