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搀

chān

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 攙

搀 (chān) means "to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 搀 means

1. to take by the arm and assist
2. variant of {掺|chān}

Words starting with 搀

• 搀扶chān fúto lend an arm to support sb
• 搀假chān jiǎto dilute; to debase (by mixing with fake material)
• 搀兑chān duìto mix (different substances together); to blend
• 搀合chān héto mix together; mixture; blend
• 搀和chān huoto mix; to mingle; to interfere
• 搀杂chān záto mix; to blend; to dilute

Characters that look like 搀

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

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 绰chuò(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of

Sounds the same

Read chān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 掺to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate
• 觇to observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān
• 辿used in names, e.g. 龙王辿; (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
• 襜the front of clothes
• 幨curtain in carriage; screen
• 梴length (of a tree or beam); long

Where 搀 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chān–chǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chān correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.