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椴

duàn

Character

What 椴 means

1. Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)

Words containing 椴

• 心叶椴xīn yè duànsmall-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)

Characters built on 段

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

• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 缎duànsatin
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻

Sounds the same

Read duàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 段paragraph; section; segment
• 锻to forge; to discipline; wrought
• 断to break; to snap; to cut off
• 缎satin
• 煅to calcine; variant of 锻
• 腶dried meat
• 簖bamboo fish trap
• 塅large area of flat terrain (used in place names)
• 毈infertile egg
• 碫coarse stone (used for whetstone)