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倦

juàn

HSK 6 Character

What 倦 means

1. tired; weary; fatigued

Other readings

倦 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juànold variant of {倦|juàn}

Example sentences

• 他好像很困倦。
  Tā hǎoxiàng hěn kùnjuàn.
  He seems to be very sleepy.
• 我厌倦了英语。
  I'm fed up with English.
• 我厌倦了功课。
  I am tired of homework.
• 我厌倦了阅读。
  I am tired of reading.
• 他厌倦了读书。
  He got tired of reading.
• 我厌倦了跳舞。
  I'm tired of dancing.

Words starting with 倦

• 倦怠juàn dàiworn out; exhausted; dispirited
• 倦容juàn rónga weary look (on one's face)

Words containing 倦

• 疲倦pí juànto tire; tired
• 厌倦yàn juànto be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
• 困倦kùn juàntired; weary
• 孜孜不倦zī zī bù juànlit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort…
• 不倦bù juàntireless; untiring; indefatigable
• 劳倦láo juànexhausted; worn out
• 不知疲倦bù zhī pí juànuntiring; not recognizing tiredness
• 面露倦意miàn lù juàn yìto look tired
• 惫倦bèi juàntired and sleepy; tipsy
• 职业倦怠症zhí yè juàn dài zhèngprofessional boredom syndrome
• 诲人不倦huì rén bù juàninstructing with tireless zeal (idiom, from Analects)
• 亹亹不倦wěi wěi bù juànon and on; relentlessly
• 学而不厌，诲人不倦xué ér bù yàn , huì rén bù juànstudy tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)
• 乐此不倦lè cǐ bù juànsee 乐此不疲

Characters built on 卷

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

• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 蜷quánto curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
• 鬈quánto curl; curled
• 绻quǎnused in 缱绻

Characters that look like 倦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 惨cǎnmiserable; wretched; cruel
• 俯fǔto look down; to stoop
• 俸fèng(bound form) salary; stipend
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩

Sounds the same

Read juàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卷scroll; book; volume
• 隽meaningful; significant
• 绢thin, tough silk fabric
• 眷(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 鄄used in 鄄城
• 圈livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
• 狷impetuous; rash; upright (character)
• 帣a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)
• 罥bird catching net; to bind; to hang
• 睊look
• 锩to bend iron
• 餋to offer sacrifices