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纏
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
缠
🇨🇳

wind around

HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Textiles
chán
テン、デン
まつ.わる、まと.う、まと.める、まと.まる、まと.い
전
Components
Traditional (纏)
糹 silk+ 廛 a store =
纏 wind around
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
thread
廛 Phonetic component
chán a store
a store, shop
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Simplified (缠)
纟 silk 🇨🇳+ 㢆 living space for =
缠 wrap
纟 Meaning component
mì silk 🇨🇳
silk
thread
㢆 Phonetic component
chán living space for
(same as 廛) living space for one family in ancient times, a store
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Notes
Similar Characters
总 altogether (simp)絕 discontinue (trad)絲 silk (trad)糾 entangle (trad/jp)紀 epoch (trad/jp)紂 name of an emperor (trad)約 make an appointment (trad/jp)紅 red (trad/jp)紆 bend (trad)紈 white (trad)紉 thread (trad)紋 design (trad/jp)納 let in (trad/jp)紐 new (trad)紓 relieve (trad)純 unadulterated (trad/jp)紕 spoiled (trad)紗 yarn (trad)紙 paper (trad/jp)級 rank (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
纏
Regular
Modern
Chinese
缠 / 纏 [chán]
to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
Japanese
纏 、 纏い まとい 同音

noun

  1. battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
  2. fireman's standard (Edo period)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
纏 あたりやま
Atariyama unclassified name
纏 とうこ
Touko unclassified name
纏 とうやま
Touyama unclassified name
纏 まさやま
Masayama unclassified name
纏 まとい
Matoi female given name
纏 まとめ
Matome given name
CHINESE WORDS (30)
纠缠 [jiū​chán] #5,416
to be in a tangle
缠绕 [chán​rào] #14,459
twisting
缠绵 [chán​mián] #14,229
touching (emotions)
缠身 [chán​shēn] #11,016
(of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb
难缠 [nán​chán] #28,710
(usu. of people) difficult
纠缠不清 [jiū​chán​bù​qīng] #32,399
hopelessly muddled
腰缠万贯 [yāo​chán​wàn​guàn] #31,657
lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
胡搅蛮缠 [hú​jiǎo​mán​chán] #30,654
to pester endlessly (idiom)
盘缠 [pán​chán] #44,083
to twine
缠绵悱恻 [chán​mián​fěi​cè] #41,296
(of a person) sad beyond words (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (44)
纏う [まとう] #3,882
to put on
足手まとい [あしでまとい] #9,297
impediment
身にまとう [みにまとう] #10,963
to wear
⭐ 纏める [まとめる] #11,851
to collect
付きまとう [つきまとう] #14,894
to follow around
手纏 [たまき] #16,876
bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow)
⭐ 纏まる [まとまる] #21,870
to find resolution
纏わり付く [まとわりつく] #22,190
to coil around
纏 [まとい] #22,612
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
考えをまとめる [かんがえをまとめる] #25,691
to collect one's thoughts
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