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桓

huán

Character

What 桓 means

1. Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
2. big
3. pillar (old)

Other readings

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

• Huánsurname Huan

Words starting with 桓

• 桓桓huán huánmighty; powerful
• 桓玄Huán XuánHuan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
• 桓台县Huán tái XiànHuantai, a county in Zibo City 淄博市
• 桓仁满族自治县Huán rén Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiànHuanren Manchu Autonomous County, in Benxi City 本溪市
• 桓仁Huán rénsee 桓仁满族自治县
• 桓台Huán táisee 桓台县
• 桓仁县Huán rén Xiànsee 桓仁满族自治县

Words containing 桓

• 盘桓pán huánto pace; to linger; to stay over
• 乌桓Wū huánWuhuan (nomadic tribe)
• 张荫桓Zhāng Yìn huánZhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
• 罗荣桓Luó Róng huánLuo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader
• 齐桓公Qí Huán gōngDuke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
• 般桓pán huánvariant of 盘桓

Characters built on 亘

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

• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 垣yuánwall
• 烜xuǎnbrilliant
• 洹huánname of a river

Characters that look like 桓

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

• 柏bǎicedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 桃táopeach
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 垣yuánwall
• 栎lìoak; Quercus serrata
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read huán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 环ring; hoop; loop
• 寰large domain; extensive region
• 还to pay back; to return
• 鬟a knot of hair on top of head
• 圜circle; encircle
• 鹮spoonbill; ibis; family Threskiornithidae
• 锾ancient unit of weight; money
• 洹name of a river
• 嬛(used in names)
• 瓛(old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies
• 貆badger
• 澴to return (of waves)