攒 (cuán): to bring together, to collect, to hoard
攒 (cuán) is a Chinese character meaning “to bring together.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 赞 (phonetic). It ranks #2934 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 攒 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to bring together
- to collect
- to hoard
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 积攒 | jī zǎn | to save bit by bit |
| 万头攒动 | wàn tóu cuán dòng | (idiom) bustling with many people |
| 众星攒月 | zhòng xīng cuán yuè | see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4] |
| 攒集 | cuán jí | to gather |
| 攒钱 | zǎn qián | to save up money |
| 攒聚 | cuán jù | to gather |
| 攒劲 | zǎn jìn | (dialect) to muster strength |
| 拼攒 | pīn cuán | to assemble |
| 攒簇 | cuán cù | to gather closely together |
攒 appears in 9 compound words: 56 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 攒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他攒了一个电话，约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā cuán le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.
你应该经常为了雨天攒钱。
Nǐ yīnggāi jīngcháng wèile yǔtiān cuán qián.
You should always save money for a rainy day.
他在上个景气时期炒股攒下了一笔钱。
Tā zài shàngge jǐngqì shíqī chǎogǔ cuán xià le yī bǐ qián.
He amassed a fortune in stock trading during the last boom.
我工作是为了攒大学学费。
Wǒ gōngzuò shì wèile cuán dàxué xuéfèi.
I am working to save for my college tuition.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
Zhēng qián róngyì cuán qián nán.
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced cuán
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