cuàn
run away
Depicts a mouse (鼠) scurrying out of a hole (穴).
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 竄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to flee | ||
to run away | ||
to infiltrate | ||
to scurry off | ||
to alter |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[tsʰ]ˤo[n]-s | tshwanH | cuàn | hide; flee |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.6590% of movies
2887th most common character in movies
2461st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7AC4 |
Shuowen | “竄,墜也。从鼠在穴中。” |
Sources
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