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缎

duàn

Character Traditional 緞

What 缎 means

1. satin

Words starting with 缎

• 缎子duàn zisatin
• 缎带duàn dàiribbon
• 缎布duàn bùsatin
• 缎织duàn zhīsatin weave
• 缎纹织duàn wén zhīsatin weave

Words containing 缎

• 绸缎chóu duànsatin; silk fabric
• 罗缎luó duànribbed
• 羽缎yǔ duàncamlet (silk fabric)
• 花缎huā duànbrocade; figured satin
• 锦缎jǐn duànbrocade
• 羽毛缎yǔ máo duàncamlet (silk fabric)
• 绫罗绸缎líng luó chóu duàn(idiom) silk and satin

Characters built on 段

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

• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻
• 椴duànChinese linden (Tilia chinensis)

Characters that look like 缎

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

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 掘juéto dig
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 缀zhuìto sew; to stitch together; to combine
• 堀kūcave; hole
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó

Sounds the same

Read duàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 段paragraph; section; segment
• 锻to forge; to discipline; wrought
• 断to break; to snap; to cut off
• 煅to calcine; variant of 锻
• 椴Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)
• 腶dried meat
• 簖bamboo fish trap
• 塅large area of flat terrain (used in place names)
• 毈infertile egg
• 碫coarse stone (used for whetstone)