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HSK
7-9

wind around

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chan2 chán

Meaning


Primary

wind around

Alternatives

winds around, wind, winding, wrap around, wrap, coil, tangle, tangled

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop where he is storing up some items in a 广 shack. He puts some ハ fins and covers them with 土 soil inside the shack, then closes the door. Then he gets a 里 Chinese mile of 糸 silk thread and has it 纏 wind around the 广 shack, keeping it kept shut.

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