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莞

guān

Character

What 莞 means

1. Skimmia japonica

Other readings

莞 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• guǎn(district)
• wǎnsmile

Example sentences

• 她莞尔一笑，动人心魄。
  She smiles, very moving.

Words starting with 莞

• 莞尔一笑wǎn ěr yī xiào(literary) to smile
• 莞尔wǎn ěr(literary) to smile

Words containing 莞

• 东莞市Dōng guǎn ShìDongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 东莞Dōng guǎnsee 东莞市

Characters built on 完

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

• 院yuàncourtyard; institution
• 浣huànto wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
• 鲩huàngrass carp
• 筦Guǎnsurname Guan

Characters that look like 莞

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

• 竞jìngto compete; to contend; to struggle
• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 笼lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 荧yínga glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong
• 莹yíngluster of gems

Sounds the same

Read guān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 关mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 观to look at; to watch; to observe
• 官government official; governmental; official
• 棺coffin
• 冠hat; crown; crest
• 倌keeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
• 鳏widower
• 蒄(herb mentioned in ancient texts)
• 瘝incapacitated; inefficient
• 関variant of 关
• 覌variant of 观
• 闗old variant of 关