Where 穿 comes from
tooth
- Meaning part
- 牙 (“tooth”)
- Sound part
- 穴 (“cave”)
How to write 穿 (chuān, “to bore through”)
穿 (chuān), an HSK 1 character, means “to bore through”, “to go through” and “to thread”. It pairs a meaning part, 牙 (“tooth”), with a sound part, 穴 (“cave”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 穿过 (“to pass through”), 穿着 (“attire”) and 穿越 (“to traverse”). Japanese reads it sen, “put on (to the feet)”.
- Pinyin
- chuān
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 穴 (“cave”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
As a top-bottom character it splits into 穴 (“cave”, the radical), strokes 1–5; 牙 (“tooth”), strokes 6–9, written the top first.
- topdown and right
- top leftdownwards
- top leftrightwards → down and left
- topdownwards → down and left
- topdown and right
- centerrightwards
- leftdownwards → rightwards
- centerdownwards → leftwards
- centerdown and left
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (9 strokes in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| chuān first tone | to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street); to thread; to string together; to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.); verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion | — | 穿过 穿着 穿越 贯穿 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 74 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 穿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穿 | chuān | to bore through; to pierce HSK 1 |
| 穿过 穿過 | chuānguò | to pass through HSK 6 |
| 穿着 穿著 | chuānzhuó | attire; clothes HSK 7-9 |
| 穿越 | chuānyuè | to traverse; to pass through HSK 7-9 |
| 贯穿 貫穿 | guànchuān | to run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end HSK 7-9 |
| 水滴石穿 | shuǐdī-shíchuān | dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance… HSK 7-9 |
| 穿梭 | chuānsuō | to shuttle back and forth HSK 7-9 |
| 吃穿 | chīchuān | food and clothing |
| 点穿 點穿 | diǎnchuān | to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word |
| 穿上 | chuānshang | to put on (clothes etc) |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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