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阐

chǎn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 闡

What 阐 means

1. to express
2. to disclose
3. to enlighten
4. to open

Example sentences

• 他简单地阐述了他的理由。
  Tā jiǎndān de chǎnshù le tā de lǐyóu.
  He gave his reasons in brief.
• 我们必须阐明这个观点，在运动项目上，业余选手和专业选手的界限开始消失了。
  Wǒmen bìxū chǎnmíng zhège guāndiǎn, zài yùndòng xiàngmù shàng, yèyú xuǎnshǒu hé zhuānyè xuǎnshǒu de jièxiàn kāishǐ xiāoshī le.
  The point we must clarify here is that the lines between amateur and professional in sport are beginning to disappear.
• 积分与反导函数是以两种不同的方式定义的，而微积分基本定理阐述了两者之间的关系。
  The integral and the antiderivative are defined in two different ways, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus states the relationship between them.

Words starting with 阐

• 阐述chǎn shùto expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)
• 阐释chǎn shìto explain; to expound; to interpret
• 阐明chǎn míngto elucidate; to explain clearly; to expound
• 阐发chǎn fāto elucidate; to expound; to study and explain
• 阐扬chǎn yángto expound; to propagate
• 阐示chǎn shìto demonstrate

Words containing 阐

• 推阐tuī chǎnto elucidate; to study and expound

Characters built on 单

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

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 禅chándhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 惮dàndread; fear; dislike
• 掸dǎnto brush away; to dust off; brush
• 蝉cháncicada
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust
• 婵chánused in 婵娟

Characters that look like 阐

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

• 阔kuòrich; wide; broad
• 阈yùthreshold
• 阎yán(literary) the gate of a lane
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 阑lánrailing; balustrade; door-screen
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter

Sounds the same

Read chǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 产to give birth; to reproduce; to produce
• 铲to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel
• 谄to flatter; to cajole
• 浐name of a river in Shaanxi province; see 浐河
• 蒇to complete; to prepare
• 冁smilingly
• 丳skewer
• 啴used in 啴啴
• 𡶴winding mountain path
• 旵(literary) (of sunlight) to beam down; to illuminate…
• 𬊤to make a fire
• 讇to talk in one's sleep; old variant of 谄