而

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system

Character component without intrinsic meaning

to clear off / to make a clean sweep of

to sweep clean / to clean out

to swarm around / flocking (to see)

to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke

to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)

to be evident at a glance (idiom)

to be impossible to stop once started

see 一哄而散[yi1 hong1 er2 san4]

to disperse in confusion (idiom)

(of a group of people) to rush into action

to skate around / to skip over / to skimp