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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- can3
- English meanings
- tragic, gloomy, savage, sorrowful, cruel, pitiful, miserable, dark
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 忄; right 参.
Meaning & sound clues
忄 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “heart”.
参 is identified as the sound component (cān). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 惨.
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.
participate; join
ashamed
variant of 攙|搀[chan1]
cruel
bright
bright; dazzling
measure word (events)
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 悲惨
- 惨痛
- 惨白
- 惨重