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殓

liàn

Character Traditional 殮

What 殓 means

1. to prepare a dead body for coffin

Words starting with 殓

• 殓房liàn fángmorgue
• 殓尸房liàn shī fángmorgue

Words containing 殓

• 入殓rù liànto put dead body in coffin
• 殡殓bìn liànto bury sb
• 装殓zhuāng liànto prepare the dead body and place it in a coffin

Characters built on 佥

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

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 脸liǎnface
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty

Characters that look like 殓

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

• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 脸liǎnface
• 跄qiāngwalk rapidly
• 睑jiǎneyelid
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze

Sounds the same

Read liàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 练to practice; to train; to drill
• 炼to refine; to smelt
• 链chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 恋to feel attached to; to long for; to love
• 楝Melia japonica
• 潋full of water; trough
• 湅to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
• 澰(literary) to moisten; to wet; to soak in water
• 萰Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM); same as 白蔹
• 敛variant of 殓