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棺

guān

Character

What 棺 means

1. coffin

Example sentences

• 母亲们心里清楚，儿子回来时只剩一口棺材。
  Mothers know their sons are coming back in caskets.

Words starting with 棺

• 棺材guān caicoffin
• 棺木guān mùcoffin
• 棺材板guān cai bǎnwooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself)…
• 棺椁guān guǒinner and outer coffins; coffin
• 棺材瓤子guān cai ráng zigeezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)

Words containing 棺

• 冰棺bīng guāncoffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse
• 石棺shí guānsarcophagus
• 灵棺líng guāna bier; a catafalque (memorial platform); a coffin
• 盖棺定论gài guān dìng lùndon't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
• 盖棺论定gài guān lùn dìngdon't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
• 瓮棺wèng guānfunerary urn
• 瓮棺葬wèng guān zàngurn burial
• 不见棺材不落泪bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèilit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)…

Characters built on 官

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

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 馆guǎnbuilding; shop; term for certain service establishments
• 倌guānkeeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
• 涫guàn(classical) to boil
• 逭huànto escape from

Characters that look like 棺

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

• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 植zhíto plant
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 梢shāotip of branch
• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read guān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 关mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 观to look at; to watch; to observe
• 官government official; governmental; official
• 莞Skimmia japonica
• 冠hat; crown; crest
• 倌keeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
• 鳏widower
• 蒄(herb mentioned in ancient texts)
• 瘝incapacitated; inefficient
• 関variant of 关
• 覌variant of 观
• 闗old variant of 关