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奠

diàn

HSK 6 Character

What 奠 means

1. to fix
2. to settle
3. a libation to the dead

Words starting with 奠

• 奠定diàn dìngto establish; to fix; to settle
• 奠基diàn jīto lay a foundation
• 奠基人diàn jī rénfounder; pioneer
• 奠仪diàn yía gift of money to the family of the deceased
• 奠祭diàn jìpouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
• 奠都diàn dūto determine the position of the capital; to found a capital
• 奠酒diàn jiǔa libation
• 奠基石diàn jī shífoundation stone; cornerstone
• 奠基者diàn jī zhěfounder; pioneer
• 奠济宫Diàn jì gōngDianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan

Words containing 奠

• 祭奠jì diànto offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service

Characters that look like 奠

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

• 塞sè(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 巢cháonest
• 粪fènmanure; dung
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 巽xùnto obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 电lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 殿palace hall
• 垫pad; cushion; mat
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 淀(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 佃to rent farmland from a landlord
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade