缠

chán

to wind around · to wrap round

Radical: 纟 Strokes: 13

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

红经线结约纳纸细维统级组

Same radical

红经线结约纳纸细维统级组练纪纤

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Character Decomposition

缠=纟+㢆

Etymology

thread

Meanings

to wind around

to wrap round

to coil

tangle

to involve

to bother

to annoy

chán

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Words with 缠 148 total

to coil around · knot · to entangle缠结chán jié touching (emotions) · lingering (illness)缠绵chán mián

Idioms with 缠 11 total

to muddle things together (idiom) · to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk缠夹不清chán jiā bù qīng (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) · (of music, literature etc) poignant · very sentimental缠绵悱恻chán mián fěi cè (idiom) to pester endlessly胡搅蛮缠hú jiǎo mán chán hopelessly muddled · impossible to unravel纠缠不清jiū chán bù qīng lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money · extremely wealthy · loaded腰缠万贯yāo chán wàn guàn