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苒

rǎn

Character

What 苒 means

1. luxuriant growth
2. passing (of time)

Words containing 苒

• 荏苒rěn rǎn(literary) (of time) to slip away
• 光阴荏苒guāng yīn rěn rǎn(idiom) How time flies!

Characters built on 冉

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

• 髯ránbeard; whiskers
• 蚺ránboa
• 聃dānears without rim

Characters that look like 苒

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

• 其qíhis; her; its
• 具jùtool; device; utensil
• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 荐jiànto recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 荨qiánused in 荨麻; also pr. xún

Sounds the same

Read rǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 染to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 冉edge of a tortoiseshell; used in 冉冉
• 䎃(ornithology) down
• 珃(jade)