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椽

chuán

Character

What 椽 means

1. beam
2. rafter
3. classifier for rooms

Words starting with 椽

• 椽子chuán zibeam; rafter

Words containing 椽

• 出头的椽子先烂chū tóu de chuán zi xiān lànlit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom); fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous…

Characters built on 彖

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

• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 篆zhuànseal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
• 掾yuànofficial

Sounds the same

Read chuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 船boat; vessel; ship
• 传to pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 遄to hurry; to go to and fro