guàn = gu + an4
surname Guan
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guān = gu + an1
hat / crown / crest / cap
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guàn = gu + an4
to put on a hat / to be first / to dub
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How to pronounce 冠

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
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

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= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

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+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

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冠 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
= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
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yuán = yu + an2
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon
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cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 冠 as component

guān = gu + an1
meaning unknown ("herb mentioned in old books") / Japanese variant of 蔻[kou4], cardamom or nutmeg
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Words with 冠

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champion / CL:個|个[ge4]
crown (headgear)

Sentences with 冠

冠 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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guàn / guān

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