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焕

huàn

Character Traditional 煥

What 焕 means

1. bound formshining; glowing; lustrous

Example sentences

• 适度的运动让身心焕然一新。
  Moderate exercise will refresh both mind and body.

Words starting with 焕

• 焕发huàn fāto shine; to glow; to irradiate
• 焕然一新huàn rán yī xīnto look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
• 焕新huàn xīnto renew; to refresh

Words containing 焕

• 容光焕发róng guāng huàn fāface glowing (idiom); looking radiant; all smiles
• 精神焕发jīng shén huàn fāin high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
• 全斗焕Quán Dòu huànChun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988
• 炳焕bǐng huànbright and brilliant
• 彪焕biāo huànbrilliant and shining; outstanding and elegant

Characters built on 奂

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

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 唤huànto call
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 涣huànto dissipate; to dissolve

Characters that look like 焕

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

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 胰yípancreas
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 涣huànto dissipate; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read huàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 换to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 幻fantasy
• 患to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 唤to call
• 痪used in 瘫痪
• 浣to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
• 宦imperial official; court eunuch
• 奂excellent
• 涣to dissipate; to dissolve
• 豢to rear; to raise (animals)
• 轘to tear between chariots (as punishment)
• 鲩grass carp