擅 — Chinese character
擅
shàn
to claim, to monopolize; arbitrary
- Pinyin
- shàn
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 扌 亶
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 亶
- Japanese
- 擅 as a kanji
Common words with 擅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 擅长 (擅長) | shàn cháng | to be good at; to be expert in |
| 擅自 | shàn zì | without permission |
| 擅闯 (擅闖) | shàn chuǎng | to enter without permission; to trespass |
| 擅离职守 (擅離職守) | shàn lí zhí shǒu | to abscond; to be absent without leave |
| 专擅 (專擅) | zhuān shàn | without authorization; to act on one's own initiative |
| 擅权 (擅權) | shàn quán | to arrogate power |
| 擅断 (擅斷) | shàn duàn | arbitrary |
| 擅场 (擅場) | shàn chǎng | to excel in some field; expert at sth |
| 宠擅专房 (寵擅專房) | chǒng shàn zhuān fáng | an especially favored concubine (idiom) |
| 擅美 | shàn měi | to enjoy fame without sharing it; to take the credit |
擅 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 6
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