zhuàn = zhu + an4
seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script
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How to pronounce 篆

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.

= zhu initial

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

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+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

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篆 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
zhú = zhu + Ø2
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118
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tuàn = tu + an4
to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
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Characters with 篆 as component

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

the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆

Sentences with 篆

篆 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhuàn

seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script

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