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觇

chān

Character Traditional 覘

What 觇 means

1. to observe
2. to spy on
3. Taiwan pr. zhān

Words starting with 觇

• 觇标chān biāosurveyor's beacon

Characters built on 占

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 沾zhānto moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 毡zhānfelt (fabric)
• 苫shānstraw mat; thatch

Sounds the same

Read chān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搀to take by the arm and assist; variant of 掺
• 掺to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate
• 辿used in names, e.g. 龙王辿; (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
• 襜the front of clothes
• 幨curtain in carriage; screen
• 梴length (of a tree or beam); long