串

Numbered pinyin

chuan4

English meanings

to string together, to skewer, to connect wrongly, to gang up, to rove, string, bunch, skewer, classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of, to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus), to move across

BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Overlapping structure

Overlapping arrangement: first part 吕; second part 丨.

• First part

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• Second part

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.