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荃

quán

Character

What 荃 means

1. (fragrant plant)

Words starting with 荃

• 荃湾Quán wānTsuen Wan district of New Territories, Hong Kong

Words containing 荃

• 段荃法Duàn Quán fǎDuan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer

Characters built on 全

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

• 栓shuānbottle stopper; plug; (gun) bolt
• 诠quánto explain; to comment; to annotate
• 痊quánto recover (from illness)
• 铨quánto estimate; to select
• 拴shuānto tie up
• 筌quánbamboo fish trap

Characters that look like 荃

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

• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 茶chátea; tea plant
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)

Sounds the same

Read quán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 全all; whole; entire
• 泉spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
• 权authority; power; right
• 拳fist; boxing
• 蜷to curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
• 诠to explain; to comment; to annotate
• 鬈to curl; curled
• 痊to recover (from illness)
• 醛aldehyde
• 铨to estimate; to select
• 颧(bound form) cheekbone
• 筌bamboo fish trap