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鬈

quán

Character

What 鬈 means

1. to curl
2. curled

Characters built on 卷

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

• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
• 蜷quánto curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
• 绻quǎnused in 缱绻

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)
• 诠to explain; to comment; to annotate
• 痊to recover (from illness)
• 醛aldehyde
• 铨to estimate; to select
• 颧(bound form) cheekbone
• 筌bamboo fish trap