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颛

zhuān

Character Traditional 顓

What 颛 means

1. good
2. simple

Other readings

颛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhuānsurname Zhuan

Words starting with 颛

• 颛顼Zhuān xūZhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝

Characters built on 耑

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

• 端duān(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper
• 喘chuǎnto gasp; to pant; asthma
• 湍tuānto rush (of water)
• 遄chuánto hurry; to go to and fro

Sounds the same

Read zhuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 专for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special
• 砖brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 䏝(dialect) gizzard
• 鱄fish (meaning variable: mackerel, anchovy, fresh-water fish)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuān correctly.
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