Memory phrase for the character: 罐
罐
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Meaning
can, jar, pot
Pronunciation
guàn
Explanation
Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ), right: stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is this bird 隹 : The stork)
Mnemonic
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A can on which a stork is depicted is still a can.
Radicals
缶
can, jar In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".
雚
stork cf. 鹳
午
noon 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 7th earthly branch
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Vocabulary
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
5947
罐头
guàn tou
tin; can
6263
罐子
guàn zi
jar; pitcher; pot
6264
罐车
guàn chē
tanker truck; tanker wagon
6265
罐车
guàn chē
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