撰 (zhuàn): to compose, to compile
撰 (zhuàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to compose.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 巽 (phonetic). It ranks #2238 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 撰 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 compose
- to compile
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撰写 | zhuàn xiě | to write |
| 撰稿人 | zhuàn gǎo rén | author (of a manuscript) |
| 杜撰 | dù zhuàn | to fabricate |
| 编撰 | biān zhuàn | to compile |
| 撰稿 | zhuàn gǎo | to write (an article for publication) |
| 撰文 | zhuàn wén | to write an article |
| 修撰 | xiū zhuàn | to compile |
| 撰述 | zhuàn shù | to compose (a piece of writing) |
| 撰录 | zhuàn lù | to compile and record |
| 撰拟 | zhuàn nǐ | to draft |
撰 appears in 10 compound words: 70 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 0 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 撰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
妈妈撰着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā zhuàn zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand as they slowly crossed the street.
郑少秋神隐多年终于蒲头 亲自撰文谈近况...
zhèng shǎo qiū shén yǐn duō nián zhōng yú 蒲 tóu qīn zì zhuàn wén tán jìn kuàng . . .
Cheng Siu-chiu, who has been out of the public eye for years, has finally resurfaced and written a personal post about his current situation...
...潘为撑乌克兰放弃奥斯卡盛典 获泽连斯基亲撰文感谢
. . . pān wéi chēng wū kè lán fàng qì ào sī kǎ shèng diǎn huò zé lián sī jī qīn zhuàn wén gǎn xiè
...Pan Weicheng skipped the Oscars to show support for Ukraine and received a personal thank-you note from Zelenskyy
数学是神用来撰写宇宙的语言。
Shùxué shì shén yònglái zhuànxiě yǔzhòu de yǔyán.
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
Character Family
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