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筅

xiǎn

Character

What 筅 means

1. bamboo brush for utensils

Words starting with 筅

• 筅帚xiǎn zhǒu(dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips

Characters built on 竹

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

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 箭jiànarrow
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 箝qiánpliers; pincers; to clamp
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 笾biānbamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 险danger; dangerous; rugged
• 显to make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 洗used in 洗马
• 鲜few; rare
• 铣shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
• 藓moss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 狝to hunt in autumn (archaic)
• 蚬basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 跣barefooted
• 燹conflagration
• 姺name of an ancient state
• 崄precipitous; rugged