(guān)

HSK 59 strokes
Readingsguānguàn

surname Guan

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
guān / guàn
Meaning
surname Guan
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱冖⿺元寸

A man 元 puts on a cap 冖 with his hand 寸

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

guànjūn
HSK 5

champion

Open 冠军 page →
duóguàn
HSK 7-9

to seize the crown

Open 夺冠 page →
miǎnguān

bareheaded (in a photo)

Open 免冠 page →
miǎnguān

see 冕[mian3]

Open 冕冠 page →
guān

to label; to call

Open 冠以 page →
guānmiǎn

royal crown

Open 冠冕 page →
guānmíng

to name (a sports team, a competition etc)

Open 冠名 page →

coronary heart disease

Open 冠心病 page →

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