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狷

juàn

Character

What 狷 means

1. impetuous
2. rash
3. upright (character)

Other readings

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

• juànnimble; variant of {狷|juàn}; impetuous

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
• 涓juānbrook; to select
• 蜎yuānlarva of mosquito

Sounds the same

Read juàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卷scroll; book; volume
• 倦tired; weary; fatigued
• 隽meaningful; significant
• 绢thin, tough silk fabric
• 眷(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 鄄used in 鄄城
• 圈livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
• 帣a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)
• 罥bird catching net; to bind; to hang
• 睊look
• 锩to bend iron
• 餋to offer sacrifices