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诠

quán

Character Traditional 詮

What 诠 means

1. to explain
2. to comment
3. to annotate

Example sentences

• 这部电影试图打破刻板印象，重新诠释何谓真正的男性特质。
  This film attempts to break stereotypes and redefine what true masculinity is.

Words starting with 诠

• 诠释quán shìto interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate
• 诠解quán jiěto explain (a text)
• 诠注quán zhùnotes and commentary; exegesis
• 诠释学quán shì xuéhermeneutics
• 诠释资料quán shì zī liàometadata

Words containing 诠

• 真诠zhēn quánto explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text); true commentary; correct exegesis
• 正教真诠Zhèng jiào Zhēn quánExegesis of the Right Religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱舆

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
• 痊quánto recover (from illness)
• 铨quánto estimate; to select
• 拴shuānto tie up
• 荃quán(fragrant plant)
• 筌quánbamboo fish trap

Characters that look like 诠

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

• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
• 俟qíused in 万俟
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 诙huīwhimsical; humorous

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
• 荃(fragrant plant)
• 鬈to curl; curled
• 痊to recover (from illness)
• 醛aldehyde
• 铨to estimate; to select
• 颧(bound form) cheekbone
• 筌bamboo fish trap