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氈
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毡
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rug

HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Textiles
zhān
セン
もうせん
전
Components
Traditional (氈)
亶 real+ 毛 fur =
氈 rug
亶 Phonetic component
dǎn real
sincere
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毛 Meaning component
máo fur
hair, fur, feathers
fur
Simplified (毡)
毛 fur+ 占 tell fortunes =
毡 felt
毛 Meaning component
máo fur
hair, fur, feathers
占 Phonetic component
zhàn tell fortunes
variant of 占[zhàn]
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Notes
Similar Characters
壇 altar (trad/jp)嬗 succession to the throne擅 act without authority檀 sandalwood澶 still water膻 a rank odor (simp)襢 bare顫 tremble (trad)颤 tremble (simp)鱣 sturgeon (alt) (trad)鳣 sturgeon (9ce3) (simp)尾 tail旄 a kind of ancient flag毡 carpet (simp)毪 serge from Tibet毫 milli-毯 blanket毳 fine hair or毵 long (simp)毹 rug
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
氈
Regular
Modern
Chinese
毡 / 氈 [zhān]
felt (fabric)
Japanese
氈 かも 、 せん 同音
noun carpet; rug (esp. felt)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
如坐针毡 [rú​zuò​zhēn​zhān] #26,276
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom)
毛毡 [máo​zhān] #48,455
felt
毡子 [zhān​zi] #46,422
felt (fabric)
针毡 [zhēn​zhān] #65,480
needle felting (craft)
书画毡 [shū​huà​zhān]
felt desk pad for calligraphy
毡靴 [zhān​xuē]
felt boots
画毡 [huà​zhān]
felt desk pad for calligraphy
魔鬼毡 [mó​guǐ​zhān]
(Tw) Velcro fastener
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 絨毯 [じゅうたん] #8,501
carpet
毛氈 [もうせん] #51,419
carpet
羚羊 [れいよう] #113,403
antelope
牛羚羊 [うしかもしか] #154,795
gnu
花毛氈 [はなもうせん] #239,501
figured carpet
毛氈苔 [もうせんごけ] #306,563
round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
日本羚羊 [にほんかもしか]
Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)
毛氈をかぶる [もうせんをかぶる]
to blunder
氈瓜 [かもうり]
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)