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挛

luán

Character Traditional 攣

What 挛 means

1. bound form(of muscles) to cramp; to spasm

Words starting with 挛

• 挛缩luán suō(medicine) (verb and noun) contracture

Words containing 挛

• 痉挛jìng luánto jerk; to contort; spasm
• 拘挛jū luáncramps; muscular spasm; fig. constrained
• 热痉挛rè jìng luánheat cramps
• 气管痉挛qì guǎn jìng luánbreathing convulsions (as in asthma); tracheospasm
• 痛性痉挛tòng xìng jìng luán(muscle) cramp
• 拘挛儿jū luán rerhua variant of 拘挛

Characters built on 亦

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

• 孪luántwins
• 峦luánmountain ranges
• 鸾luánmythical bird related to phoenix
• 銮luánimperial
• 娈luánbeautiful
• 栾luánKoelreuteria paniculata
• 脔luánskinny; sliced meat

Characters that look like 挛

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

• 宾bīnvisitor; guest; object (in grammar)
• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 孪luántwins
• 挲sāused in 摩挲
• 衮gǔnimperial robe

Sounds the same

Read luán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鸾mythical bird related to phoenix
• 峦mountain ranges
• 銮imperial
• 栾Koelreuteria paniculata
• 娈beautiful
• 孪twins
• 滦river and county in Hebei Province
• 脔skinny; sliced meat
• 圞round