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襢

zhàn

Character

What 襢 means

1. unadorned but elegant dress

Characters built on 亶

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

• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 颤chànto tremble; to shiver; to shake
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 嬗shàn(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻
• 澶chánstill (as of water); still water

Sounds the same

Read zhàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 站station; to stand; to halt
• 占to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 战to fight; fight; war
• 蘸to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 湛deep; clear (water)
• 栈a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 绽to burst open; to split at the seam
• 偡(literary) orderly; neat
• 轏chariot for sleeping and conveyance