窜(cuàn)

HSK 7-912 strokesTrad. 竄

to flee

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Character information

Pinyin
cuàn
Meaning
to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
竄

Origin & structure

Where 窜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱穴串

Simplified form of 竄; a mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴

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

Made of

穴xué串chuàn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 竄: A mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴

How to write 窜 step by step

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

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Words with 窜

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

luàn乱cuàn窜

to flee in disarray; to scatter

Open 乱窜 page →
bēn奔cuàn窜

(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter; to scatter; (of floodwater, …

Open 奔窜 page →
liú流cuàn窜

to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate…

Open 流窜 page →
bào抱tóu头shǔ鼠cuàn窜

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

Open 抱头鼠窜 page →
cuàn窜gǎi改

to alter

Open 窜改 page →
táo逃cuàn窜

to run away

Open 逃窜 page →

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 窜’s common words

乱奔流抱头鼠改逃

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