穿 — Chinese character
穿
chuān
to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
- Pinyin
- chuān
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 穴 牙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tooth; meaning component 牙; sound component 穴
- Japanese
- 穿 as a kanji
Common words with 穿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穿着 (穿著) | chuān zhuó | attire; clothes; dress |
| 穿越 | chuān yuè | to traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction) |
| 穿过 (穿過) | chuān guò | to pass through |
| 贯穿 (貫穿) | guàn chuān | to run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end |
| 身穿 | shēn chuān | to wear (a garment) |
| 穿梭 | chuān suō | to shuttle back and forth |
| 穿戴 | chuān dài | to dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel |
| 穿透 | chuān tòu | to penetrate |
| 揭穿 | jiē chuān | to expose; to uncover |
| 穿衣 | chuān yī | to put on clothes; to get dressed |
| 看穿 | kàn chuān | see through (a person, scheme, trick etc) |
| 穿插 | chuān chā | to insert; to take turns, alternate |
English words written with 穿
穿 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 5
- Analects 17.12
- Mencius 7B.31
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
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