串
to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,566 U+4E32
How 串 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two objects 口 strung 丨 together
How to remember it
string together · Heisig RSH #1506
— as a component also called: shish kebab
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 串 as their sound component
These characters all use 串 (chuàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 串 sound component | chuàn | string; relatives; to conspire |
| 患 | huàn | suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer |
Words containing 串
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通用串行总线 | tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn | (computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB |
| 串通一气 | chuàn tōng yī qì | to act in collusion (idiom) |
| 串门子 | chuàn mén zi | see 串門|串门[chuan4 men2] |
| 串门儿 | chuàn mén r | erhua variant of 串門|串门[chuan4 men2] |
| 串行口 | chuàn xíng kǒu | serial port (computing) |
| 特别客串 | tè bié kè chuàn | special guest performer (in a show); special guest appearance (in film credits) |
| 一连串 | yī lián chuàn | a succession of; a series of |
| 串处理 | chuàn chǔ lǐ | string processing (computing) |
| 钱串子 | qián chuàn zi | string of copper coins (in ancient China); (fig.) an overly money-oriented person; (zoolog… |
| 钱串儿 | qián chuàn r | erhua variant of 錢串|钱串[qian2 chuan4] |
| 串行 | chuàn háng | to miss a line; to confuse two lines |
| 串行 | chuàn xíng | series; serial (computer) |
| 串口 | chuàn kǒu | serial port (computing) |
| 串门 | chuàn mén | to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home |
| 成串 | chéng chuàn | to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc); to form a cluster (like … |
| 串通 | chuàn tōng | to collude; to collaborate; to gang up |
| 串线 | chuàn xiàn | to get the lines crossed |
| 串流 | chuàn liú | (Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming |
| 羊肉串 | yáng ròu chuàn | lamb kebab |
| 串音 | chuàn yīn | crosstalk; to overhear |