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冉

rǎn

Character

What 冉 means

1. edge of a tortoiseshell
2. used in {冉冉|rǎn rǎn}

Other readings

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

• Rǎnsurname Ran
• rǎnvariant of {冉|rǎn}

Words starting with 冉

• 冉冉rǎn rǎngradually; slowly; (of branches or hair) softly drooping
• 冉冉上升rǎn rǎn shàng shēngto ascend slowly

Characters built on 土

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

• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 坛tánaltar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world
• 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 堪kān(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪舆
• 坍tānto collapse
• 坂bǎnvariant of 阪
• 坩gāncrucible
• 堰yànweir

Characters that look like 冉

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

• 内nèiinside; inner; internal
• 共gòngcommon; general; to share
• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 匈XiōngHungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利
• 円yuányen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圆

Sounds the same

Read rǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 染to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 苒luxuriant growth; passing (of time)
• 䎃(ornithology) down
• 珃(jade)