guàn = gu + an4
to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music)
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How to pronounce 灌

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

灌 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shuǐ = shu + ei3
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
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guàn = gu + an4
(archaic) stork / heron
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huán = hu + an2
variant of 萑[huan2]
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Characters with 灌 as component

灌 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 灌

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to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place
to fuddle / to befuddle / to inebriate / to get someone drunk

Sentences with 灌

灌 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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guàn

to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music)

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