串

串 · chuàn

string; relatives; conspire

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

string; relatives; conspire

Mandarin
chuàn
Cantonese
cyun3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 串 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

カンセンガン

Kun’yomi · hiragana

くし

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

カン セン ガン くし

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

곶관

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
곶
KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
관
KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

곶:0N 관:0N

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

xuyến

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

xuyến

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+4E32
Radical
丨 · 2
Strokes
7 · Unihan
Residual
6

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

7 strokes
串
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿻吕丨(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 串

Character connections

2 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

Follow this component

Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.

Sentence context · 1 matches

我不但吃了抓饭,而且还吃了烤肉串。

Not only did I eat pilaf, but I also ate kebabs.
Source, contributors & licenses

Mandarin: Tatoeba #401946 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: FeuDRenais, GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #401943 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log

Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.

Sentence entry · words & provenance ↗
Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kwaenH · 古患 反切 · #2674
Middle Chinese
tsyhwenH · 尺絹 反切 · #2721

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 14883 · kwaenH = 山合二去刪見 · tsyhwenH = 山合三去仙昌

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
chuàn
kCantonese
cyun3
kDefinition
string; relatives; conspire
kTotalStrokes
7
kRSUnicode
2.6
kGradeLevel
3
kTGH
2013:736

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
guàn,chuàn,quàn 10030.020
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
chuàn 0166.030
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 1 example using 串 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
46dictionary records using 串2forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿻ Overlaid

Shape description
吕 overlaps 丨 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿻吕丨$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 46 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿻吕丨$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.