Chinese symbol for “subplot”
穿插
chuān chā
to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subplot is 穿插 (chuān chā), defined as: to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 穿插.
| 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 |
| 插入 | chā rù | to insert; to stick in; to plug in |
| 插图 (插圖) | chā tú | illustration |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subplot”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.