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嵌

qiàn

HSK 6 Character

What 嵌 means

1. to inlay
2. to embed
3. Taiwan pr. qiān

Other readings

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

• kǎnsee {赤嵌楼|Chì kǎn lóu}

Example sentences

• 王冠上镶嵌着数十颗光彩夺目的宝石。
  The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.

Words starting with 嵌

• 嵌入式qiàn rù shì(electronics) embedded
• 嵌入qiàn rùto insert; to embed
• 嵌套qiàn tàonested; nesting
• 嵌进qiàn jìnembedded; embedding
• 嵌入式衣柜qiàn rù shì yī guìbuilt-in closet

Words containing 嵌

• 镶嵌xiāng qiànto inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)
• 赤嵌楼Chì kǎn lóuChihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁楼

Characters built on 甘

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

• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 钳qiánpincers; pliers; tongs
• 拑qiánpliers; pincers; to clamp

Characters that look like 嵌

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

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 森sēn(bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 菇gū(bound form) mushroom

Sounds the same

Read qiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 歉to apologize; to regret; deficient
• 欠to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
• 倩pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help
• 茜(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 纤boatman's tow-rope
• 堑(bound form) moat; chasm
• 芡Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
• 皘white
• 篟luxuriant growth of bamboo
• 蒨luxuriant growth
• 慊dissatisfied
• 椠wooden tablet; edition