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撰

zhuàn

Character

What 撰 means

1. to compose
2. to compile

Other readings

撰 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhuànvariant of {撰|zhuàn}

Example sentences

• 数学是神用来撰写宇宙的语言。
  Shùxué shì shén yònglái zhuànxiě yǔzhòu de yǔyán.
  Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.

Words starting with 撰

• 撰写zhuàn xiěto write; to compose
• 撰文zhuàn wénto write an article
• 撰稿人zhuàn gǎo rénauthor (of a manuscript)
• 撰稿zhuàn gǎoto write (an article for publication)
• 撰拟zhuàn nǐto draft; to draw up; to compose (a plan or document)
• 撰述zhuàn shùto compose (a piece of writing); to write; (written) work
• 撰录zhuàn lùto compile and record

Words containing 撰

• 杜撰dù zhuànto fabricate; to make sth up; invented
• 编撰biān zhuànto compile; to edit
• 修撰xiū zhuànto compile; to compose

Characters that look like 撰

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

• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 撑chēngto support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole
• 樱yīngcherry
• 撵niǎnto expel; to oust; (dialect) to chase after
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)
• 摞luòto pile up; to stack; a pile

Sounds the same

Read zhuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赚to earn; to make a profit
• 转to revolve; to turn; to circle about
• 传biography; historical narrative; commentaries
• 篆seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
• 馔food; delicacies
• 啭to sing (of birds or insects); to warble; to chirp
• 瑑engraved lines
• 僎collect
• 䌸to tie up
• 篹to compose; to compile; food
• 籑old variant of 撰