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鬟

huán

Character

What 鬟 means

1. a knot of hair on top of head

Example sentences

• 我的丫鬟可厉害了。
  My maid is amazing.

Words containing 鬟

• 丫鬟yā huanservant girl; maid
• 小鬟xiǎo huán(historical) chignon worn by a young girl; slave girl…

Characters built on 睘

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

• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region
• 圜huáncircle; encircle
• 鹮huánspoonbill; ibis; family Threskiornithidae
• 轘huànto tear between chariots (as punishment)
• 嬛huán(used in names)
• 缳huánto bind; to tie; lace

Characters that look like 鬟

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

• 囊nángsack; purse; pocket (for money)
• 镶xiāngto inlay; to embed; ridge
• 攥zuàn(colloquial) to hold; to grip; to grasp
• 攫juéto seize; to snatch; to grab
• 霾máihaze
• 饕tāo(literary) greedy; gluttonous

Sounds the same

Read huán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 环ring; hoop; loop
• 寰large domain; extensive region
• 还to pay back; to return
• 桓Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 圜circle; encircle
• 鹮spoonbill; ibis; family Threskiornithidae
• 锾ancient unit of weight; money
• 洹name of a river
• 嬛(used in names)
• 瓛(old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies
• 貆badger
• 澴to return (of waves)