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眷

juàn

Character

What 眷 means

1. bound formone's family, esp. wife and children
2. literaryto regard with love and affection; to feel concern for

Other readings

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

• juànto regard with love and affection; to feel concern for (variant of {眷|juàn})

Example sentences

• 愿有情人终成眷属。
  May those who love each other end up together.

Words starting with 眷

• 眷恋juàn liànto miss; to long for; to remember with longing
• 眷属juàn shǔfamily member; husband and wife
• 眷顾juàn gùto care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country)
• 眷区juàn qūmarried quarters; residential quarters for men with families
• 眷念juàn niànto think fondly of
• 眷爱juàn àito love; sentimentally attached to
• 眷怀juàn huáito yearn for; to miss
• 眷村juàn cūnmilitary dependents' village…
• 眷注juàn zhùto think fondly of sb
• 眷眷之心juàn juàn zhī xīnnostalgia; home-sickness; longing for departed beloved

Words containing 眷

• 家眷jiā juànone's wife and children
• 侨眷qiáo juànfamily members of nationals residing abroad
• 内眷nèi juànthe females in a family; womenfolk
• 女眷nǚ juànthe females in a family; womenfolk
• 携眷xié juànaccompanied by one's dependents; encumbered by wife and children
• 亲眷qīn juànrelatives
• 携家带眷xié jiā dài juànto take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family…
• 有情人终成眷属yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔlove will find a way (idiom)
• 终成眷属zhōng chéng juàn shǔsee 有情人终成眷属

Characters built on 龹

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

• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 豢huànto rear; to raise (animals)

Characters that look like 眷

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

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 秦Qínsurname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇; short name for 陕西
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 晷guǐsundial

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
• 鄄used in 鄄城
• 圈livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
• 狷impetuous; rash; upright (character)
• 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