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HSK
7-9

to wind around

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chan2 chán

Meaning


Primary

to wind around

Alternatives

wind around, winds around, wound around, to wind, wind, winding, to wrap around, 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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