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倌

guān

Character

What 倌 means

1. keeper of domestic animals
2. herdsman
3. oldhired hand in certain trade

Words containing 倌

• 堂倌táng guān(old) waiter; attendant
• 看倌kàn guāndear reader; dear listener
• 猪倌zhū guānswineherd
• 新郎倌xīn láng guānbridegroom; groom

Characters built on 官

These share the phonetic component 官 (guān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 馆guǎnbuilding; shop; term for certain service establishments
• 棺guāncoffin
• 涫guàn(classical) to boil
• 逭huànto escape from

Sounds the same

Read guān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 关mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 观to look at; to watch; to observe
• 官government official; governmental; official
• 棺coffin
• 莞Skimmia japonica
• 冠hat; crown; crest
• 鳏widower
• 蒄(herb mentioned in ancient texts)
• 瘝incapacitated; inefficient
• 関variant of 关
• 覌variant of 观
• 闗old variant of 关

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guān correctly.
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