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拴

shuān

Character

What 拴 means

1. to tie up

Example sentences

• 汤姆把线拴在了风筝上。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ xiàn shuān zài le fēngzhēng shàng.
  Tom attached the string to the kite.

Words starting with 拴

• 拴住shuān zhùto tether; to tie up; (fig.) to restrict

Characters built on 全

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

• 栓shuānbottle stopper; plug; (gun) bolt
• 诠quánto explain; to comment; to annotate
• 痊quánto recover (from illness)
• 铨quánto estimate; to select
• 荃quán(fragrant plant)
• 筌quánbamboo fish trap

Characters that look like 拴

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

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 栓shuānbottle stopper; plug; (gun) bolt
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Sounds the same

Read shuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 栓bottle stopper; plug; (gun) bolt
• 闩bolt; latch; to bolt