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孱

càn

Character

What 孱 means

1. used in {孱头|càn tou}

Other readings

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

• chánweak; feeble

Words starting with 孱

• 孱弱chán ruòdelicate; frail; impotent; weak
• 孱头càn tou(dialect) weakling; coward

Characters built on 尸

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

• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 羼chànto mix; to blend; to dilute

Characters that look like 孱

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

• 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 粪fènmanure; dung
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 扉fēidoor with only one leaf

Sounds the same

Read càn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 灿glorious; bright; brilliant
• 璨gem; luster of gem
• 粲beautiful; bright; splendid

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read càn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.