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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- kuan1
- English meanings
- wide, broad, generous, lenient, comfortably off, well-off, relax, relieve, extend
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 宀; bottom 苋.
Meaning & sound clues
宀 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “roof”.
苋 is identified as the sound component (xiàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 宽.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
sum; style
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Related words
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