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涓

juān

Character

What 涓 means

1. brook
2. to select

Other readings

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

• Juānsurname Juan

Words starting with 涓

• 涓涓juān juāna trickle; tiny stream; sluggish
• 涓吉juān jíto choose an auspicious day
• 涓埃juān āitiny stream of dust; tiny things; negligible
• 涓滴juān dītiny stream; trickle; drops
• 涓埃之力juān āi zhī lìnegligible force (idiom); tiny force
• 涓滴归公juān dī guī gōngevery drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused

Words containing 涓

• 庞涓Páng JuānPang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political strategist of the School of Diplomacy…
• 刘涓子Liú Juān zǐLiu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
• 刘涓子鬼遗方Liú Juān zǐ guǐ yí fāngLiu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黄父鬼

Characters built on 肙

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

• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 狷juànimpetuous; rash; upright (character)
• 蜎yuānlarva of mosquito

Characters that look like 涓

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name
• 涯yáborder; horizon; shore
• 涡guōname of a river
• 淄zīblack; name of a river

Sounds the same

Read juān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 捐to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 娟beautiful; graceful
• 鹃cuckoo
• 镌to engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 圈to confine; to lock up; to pen in
• 蠲(literary) to remit; to exempt; (literary) millipede; (literary) to manifest
• 焆(literary) bright
• 朘(literary) to reduce; (literary) to exploit
• 悁angry; sad
• 脧variant of 朘
• 鎸variant of 镌, to engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe