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窾

cuàn

Character

What 窾 means

1. to conceal
2. to hide

Other readings

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

• kuǎncrack; hollow; cavity

Words containing 窾

• 批郤导窾pī xì dǎo kuǎnto get right to the heart of the matter (idiom)

Characters that look like 窾

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

• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 篪chíbamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 窿lóngcavity; hole
• 簌sùused in 簌簌

Sounds the same

Read cuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窜to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish
• 爨cooking-stove; to cook
• 篡to seize; to usurp

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cuàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.