缮 (shàn): to repair, to mend, to rewrite
缮 (shàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to repair.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 善 (phonetic). It ranks #3677 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 缮 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 红 (hóng, red), 线 (xiàn, line, thread), 结 (jié, knot, result).
Definitions
- to repair
- to mend
- to rewrite
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修缮verb | xiū shàn | to renovate |
| 缮清 | shàn qīng | to make a clean copy |
| 缮写verb | shàn xiě | to copy |
| 误缮 | wù shàn | to miswrite (while copying written material) |
缮 appears in 4 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
目前空中宫殿正在修缮中,中国援建的第三个项目,只能在地上绕着看一圈,上不到顶部平台。
mù qián kōng zhōng gōng diàn zhèng zài xiū shàn zhōng , zhōng guó yuán jiàn de dì sān gè xiàng mù , zhī néng zài dì shàng rào zhe kàn yī quān , shàng bù dào dǐng bù píng tái .
The Palace in the Sky is currently undergoing renovations. As this is the third project supported by China, visitors can only walk around it at ground level; access to the top platform is not permitted.
接手一座破败的英伦酒店,白天修缮,晚上驱鬼。
jiē shǒu yī zuò pò bài de yīng lún jiǔ diàn , bái tiān xiū shàn , wǎn shàng qū guǐ .
Take over a run-down British hotel, spend the days renovating it, and spend the nights exorcising ghosts.
中新社 记者 曾玥 摄 2022年起,中国文化遗产研究院承接舍利塔壁画保护修缮工作。
zhōng xīn shè jì zhě céng 玥 shè 2 0 2 2 nián qǐ , zhōng guó wén huà yí chǎn yán jiū yuàn chéng jiē shě lì tǎ bì huà bǎo hù xiū shàn gōng zuò .
Photo by Zeng Yue, China News Service. Starting in 2022, the China Cultural Heritage Research Institute has undertaken the conservation and restoration of the murals in the Stupa of the Buddha’s Relics.
历经数百年风雨冲刷侵蚀,主体建筑早已损毁,仅存残基,开展系统性保护性修缮刻不容缓。
lì jīng shǔ bǎi nián fēng yǔ chōng shuā qīn shí , zhǔ tǐ jiàn zhù zǎo yǐ sǔn huǐ , jǐn cún cán jī , kāi zhǎn xì tǒng xìng bǎo hù xìng xiū shàn kè bù róng huǎn .
After centuries of exposure to wind and rain and erosion, the main structure has long since been destroyed, with only its foundations remaining; systematic conservation and restoration are urgently needed.
经系统性保护修缮与整治提升 北京正阳门城楼重新向社会开放
jīng xì tǒng xìng bǎo hù xiū shàn yǔ zhěng zhì tí shēng běi jīng zhèng yáng mén chéng lóu chóng xīn xiàng shè huì kāi fàng
Following systematic conservation, restoration, and renovation, the Zhengyangmen City Gate Tower in Beijing has reopened to the public.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced shàn
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