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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- can2
- English meanings
- to destroy, to spoil, to ruin, to injure, cruel, oppressive, savage, brutal, incomplete, disabled, to remain, to survive, remnant, surplus
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 歹; right 戋.
Meaning & sound clues
歹 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “death”.
戋 is identified as the sound component (jiān). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 残.
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
dark
ashamed
variant of 攙|搀[chan1]
bright
bright; dazzling
measure word (events)
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 伤残
- 凶残
- 残忍
- 残留
- 残疾
- 残疾人
- 残缺
- 残酷