Chinese Character Wiki
貫

guàn

a string of 1000 coins

Depicts a string of shells (貝), which were used as currency in ancient China.

Components
毌 sound,iconic component

毌  Sound Iconic component

guàn

  

pierce through

Depicts a string through a shell (貝).

貝 iconic component

貝  Iconic component

bèi

  

sea shell

Evolution

貫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

贯 (貫) 

guàn

a string of 1000 coins; to go through; to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash

Most common words with 貫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贯彻

to implement

一贯

consistent

贯穿

to run through

全神贯注

with rapt attention

贯

to pierce through

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

實

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

慣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤo[n]

kwan

guàn

pass through the center

*kˤon-s

kwanH

guàn

pass through the center


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.5353% of movies

2383rd most common character in movies

1478th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

贯

Unicode

U+8CAB

Shuowen

“貫，錢貝之貫。从毌、貝。”


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