绢 (juàn): thin, tough silk fabric
绢 (juàn) is a Chinese character meaning “thin, tough silk fabric.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 肙 (phonetic). It ranks #3422 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 绢 silk. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 红 (hóng, red), 线 (xiàn, line, thread), 结 (jié, knot, result).
Definitions
- thin, tough silk fabric
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
绢 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
老师教我们绢字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men juàn zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "绢."
赵伯澐墓出土的“绢面合裆绵裤”是第一批修复项目中损坏最严重的一件。
zhào bó 澐 mù chū tǔ de juàn miàn gě 裆 mián kù shì dì yī pī xiū fù xiàng mù zhōng sǔn huài zuì yán chóng de yī jiàn .
The “silk-lined, crotch-seamed cotton pants” unearthed from Zhao Boshui’s tomb were the most severely damaged item among the first batch of restoration projects.
俗语称,“纸寿千年,绢寿八百”。
sú yǔ chèn , zhǐ shòu qiān nián , juàn shòu bā bǎi .
As the saying goes, “Paper lasts a thousand years, while silk lasts eight hundred.”
Character Family
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