缠 — Chinese character
缠
chán
to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy
- Pinyin
- chán
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 纟 㢆
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟; sound component 㢆
- Traditional
- 纏
Common words with 缠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纠缠 (糾纏) | jiū chán | to be in a tangle; to nag |
| 缠身 (纏身) | chán shēn | (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one |
| 缠绕 (纏繞) | chán rào | twisting; to twine |
| 缠绵 (纏綿) | chán mián | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) |
| 难缠 (難纏) | nán chán | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding |
| 缠足 (纏足) | chán zú | foot-binding |
| 胡搅蛮缠 (胡攪蠻纏) | hú jiǎo mán chán | (idiom) to pester endlessly |
| 死缠烂打 (死纏爛打) | sǐ chán làn dǎ | (coll.) to pester; to harass |
| 腰缠万贯 (腰纏萬貫) | yāo chán wàn guàn | lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money; extremely wealthy |
| 盘缠 (盤纏) | pán chán | to twine; to coil |
| 盘缠 (盤纏) | pán chan | money for a voyage; travel expenses |
| 交缠 (交纏) | jiāo chán | to intertwine; to intermingle |
English words written with 缠
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.