Chinese Character Wiki
贯

guàn

a string of 1000 coins

Simplified form of 貫. 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).

贝 iconic component

贝  Iconic component

bèi

  

sea shell

Evolution

贯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 贯
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

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

惯 掼

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 6.5353% of movies

2383rd most common character in movies

1478th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

貫

Unicode

U+8D2F


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