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毡

zhān

Character Traditional 氈

What 毡 means

1. felt (fabric)

Other readings

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

• zhānvariant of {毡|zhān}

Example sentences

• 白色的地毡很难保持干净。
  Báisè de de zhān hěn nánbǎo chí gānjìng.
  White carpets are very hard to keep clean.

Words starting with 毡

• 毡子zhān zifelt (fabric)
• 毡房zhān fángyurt
• 毡靴zhān xuēfelt boots; valenki (traditional Russian footwear)

Words containing 毡

• 毛毡máo zhānfelt
• 画毡huà zhānfelt desk pad for calligraphy
• 针毡zhēn zhānneedle felting (craft); piece of felt used as a pincushion
• 书画毡shū huà zhānfelt desk pad for calligraphy
• 魔鬼毡mó guǐ zhān(Taiwan) Velcro fastener; touch fastener
• 如坐针毡rú zuò zhēn zhānlit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom); fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

Characters built on 占

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 沾zhānto moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 苫shānstraw mat; thatch
• 觇chānto observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān

Characters that look like 毡

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

• 钻zuānto drill; to bore; to get into
• 柱zhùpillar
• 帖tiěinvitation card; notice
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read zhān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沾to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 瞻to gaze; to view
• 粘to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 詹(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 占to observe; to divine
• 谵(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious
• 旃felt; silken banner
• 栴used in 栴檀
• 𧮪garrulous; to whisper; to joke
• 邅not making progress
• 𫗴thick congee
• 驙(horse)