Alludes to creating a hole (穴) with one's teeth (牙). Based on the original meaning "bore a hole". The meaning later expanded to "pass through" and "wear".
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Historical Evolution
穿
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
穿
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
穿
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
穿
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
穿
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
穿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
穿 [chuān]
to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
穿 はく
Haku female given name
CHINESE WORDS (111)
穿过 [chuānguò] #2,387
to pass through
穿过 [chuānguò] #2,387
to pass through
穿越 [chuānyuè] #3,767
to pass through
穿上 [chuānshang] #5,669
to put on (clothes etc)
穿着 [chuānzhuó] #3,020
attire
穿着 [chuānzhuó] #3,020
attire
贯穿 [guànchuān] #14,280
to run through
贯穿 [guànchuān] #14,280
to run through
穿衣 [chuānyī] #15,222
to wear clothes
穿梭 [chuānsuō] #9,151
to travel back and forth
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JAPANESE WORDS (56)
⭐ 着く [つく] #1,030
to arrive at
⭐ 履く [はく] #4,422
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear)
穿つ [うがつ] #10,919
to drill
ほじくり返す [ほじくりかえす] #38,972
to dig up
穿る [ほじる] #44,132
to dig up
履き違える [はきちがえる] #44,255
to put on (another's shoes by mistake)
穴を穿つ [あなをうがつ] #44,344
to find someone's weak spot
穿孔 [せんこう] #61,367
perforation
穿鑿 [せんさく] #66,365
probing (into)
ほじくり出す [ほじくりだす] #69,735
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.)
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KOREAN WORDS (1)