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抟

tuán

Character Traditional 摶

What 抟 means

1. to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of {团|tuán})
2. literaryto circle; to wheel

Words starting with 抟

• 抟沙tuán shālacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
• 抟风tuán fēngto rise very quickly
• 抟饭tuán fànto roll rice balls; rice ball

Words containing 抟

• 陈抟Chén TuánChen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
• 鹏抟péng tuánto strive for greatness

Characters built on 专

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

• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)

Sounds the same

Read tuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 团round; lump; ball
• 剸slash
• 慱sad
• 漙heavy dew

Go deeper

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