Memory phrase for the character: 罐


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Meaning can, jar, pot

Pronunciation

guàn

Explanation

Left: can (lid and can opener of that can ), right: stork (Between plants in two ponds ロロ is this bird : The stork)

Mnemonic


 
A can on which a stork is depicted is still a can.

Radicals

can, jarIn Chinese this character is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: (=かん), which means: "the can".
storkcf. 鹳
noon11 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
罐头 guàn tou  tin; can
罐子 guàn zi  jar; pitcher; pot
罐车 guàn chē  tanker truck; tanker wagon
罐车 guàn chē  


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