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蜷

quán

Character

What 蜷 means

1. to curl up (like a scroll)
2. to huddle
3. Melania libertina
4. wriggle (as a worm)

Words starting with 蜷

• 蜷缩quán suōto curl up; to huddle; to cower
• 蜷伏quán fúto curl up; to lie with knees drawn up; to huddle up
• 蜷局quán júto curl up; to coil
• 蜷曲quán qūtwisted; coiled; curled
• 蜷卧quán wòto curl up; to lie curled up

Words containing 蜷

• 进道若蜷jìn dào ruò quánprogress seems like regress (alternative wording for 进道若退

Characters built on 卷

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

• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
• 鬈quánto curl; curled
• 绻quǎnused in 缱绻

Characters that look like 蜷

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

• 酪lào(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc)…
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)

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
• 荃(fragrant plant)
• 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