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quán

entire

Original meaning: 

pure jade

Depicts jade (玉) that is entirely pure and flawless. Based on the original meaning "pure jade". The meaning later shifted to "complete" and "entire".

Components
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rù

  

enter

The purpose of this component is unclear.

玉 meaning component

玉  Meaning component

yù

  

jade

Evolution

全 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
全 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
全 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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quán

maintain, keep whole or intact; all; whole; entire; every; complete

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Quán

surname Quan

Most common words with 全
Freq.
Word
Meaning

完全

complete

安全

safe

全

all

全国

whole nation

全部

whole

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

痊 辁

Sound component in 10 characters (0 verified)

栓 拴 痊 詮 诠 荃 銓 铨 筌 辁

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]o[n]

dzjwen

quán

complete (adj.)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 97.0687% of movies

173rd most common character in movies

124th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5168

Shuowen

“，完也。从入，从工。全，篆文从玉。純玉曰全。，古文仝。”


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