Dictionary › 纨

纨

wán

Character Traditional 紈

What 纨 means

1. literaryfine white silk; delicate silk fabric

Words starting with 纨

• 纨扇wán shànround silk fan
• 纨绔子弟wán kù zǐ dì(idiom) hedonistic son of rich parents
• 纨裤子弟wán kù zǐ dìvariant of 纨绔子弟

Characters that look like 纨

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

• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 夙sùmorning; early; long-held

Sounds the same

Read wán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 玩to play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 完to finish; to be over; whole
• 丸ball; pellet; pill
• 顽mischievous; obstinate; to play
• 烷alkane
• 刓to trim
• 芄Metaplexis stauntoni
• 汍shed tears
• 抏to consume; to exhaust; to play