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绢

juàn

Character Traditional 絹

What 绢 means

1. thin, tough silk fabric

Example sentences

• 我在烫我的手绢。
  Wǒ zài tàng wǒ de shǒujuàn.
  I‘m ironing my handkerchiefs.

Words containing 绢

• 手绢shǒu juànhandkerchief

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
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 涓juānbrook; to select
• 狷juànimpetuous; rash; upright (character)
• 蜎yuānlarva of mosquito

Characters that look like 绢

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 埚guōcrucible
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read juàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卷scroll; book; volume
• 倦tired; weary; fatigued
• 隽meaningful; significant
• 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
• 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