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扂

diàn

Character

What 扂 means

1. door latch

Words starting with 扂

• 扂楔diàn xiēdoor latch

Characters built on 占

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

• 店diàninn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 玷diànblemish; disgrace; flaw in jade
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with
• 鲇niánsheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲶
• 坫diànstand for goblets

Characters that look like 扂

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

• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
• 虏lǔprisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant

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
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 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
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade