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缮

shàn

Character Traditional 繕

What 缮 means

1. to repair
2. to mend
3. to rewrite
4. to transcribe

Words starting with 缮

• 缮写shàn xiěto copy; to transcribe
• 缮清shàn qīngto make a clean copy

Words containing 缮

• 修缮xiū shànto renovate; to repair (a building)
• 误缮wù shànto miswrite (while copying written material); to transcribe incorrectly…

Characters built on 善

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

• 膳shànmeals
• 鳝shànChinese yellow eel
• 鄯shànused in 鄯善
• 蟮shànused in 蛐蟮

Characters that look like 缮

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

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 竭jiéto exhaust
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 瑾jǐnbrilliancy (of gems)
• 璀cuǐluster of gems

Sounds the same

Read shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 善good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 扇fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 擅without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 膳meals
• 禅to abdicate
• 鳝Chinese yellow eel
• 赡to support; to provide for
• 蟺earthworm
• 汕bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
• 讪to mock; to ridicule; to slander
• 疝hernia
• 嬗(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve