捐
to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
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Dict coverage rank #1,775 U+6350
How 捐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 肙 (phonetic, yuān)
components: 扌 肙
How to remember it
contribute · Heisig RSH #2399
fingers + canker sore
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 肙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 肙 (yuān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肙 sound component | yuān | a small worm; to twist; to surround; empty |
| 鹃 | juān | cuckoo |
| 涓 | juān | brook, stream; pure; to select |
| 娟 | juān | beautiful, graceful |
| 绢 | juàn | a kind of thick stiff silk |
| 狷 | juàn | rash, irritable, impulsive, impetuous |
| 蜎 | yuān | mosquito larva |
Words containing 捐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细大不捐 | xì dà bù juān | not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom); all-embracing |
| 捐血者 | juān xuè zhě | blood donor; also called 供血者 |
| 器官捐献者 | qì guān juān xiàn zhě | organ donor |
| 捐款者 | juān kuǎn zhě | donor; benefactor; contributor (to charity) |
| 捐生 | juān shēng | to sacrifice one's life |
| 捐物 | juān wù | to donate goods (to a relief effort); to contribute material |
| 乐捐 | lè juān | to donate |
| 捐血 | juān xuè | to donate blood |
| 捐益表 | juān yì biǎo | tax benefits table |
| 捐精 | juān jīng | to donate sperm |
| 捐命 | juān mìng | to lay down one's life |
| 捐资 | juān zī | to contribute funds |
| 捐背 | juān bèi | to die |
| 捐班 | juān bān | (old) to obtain an official position through financial contributions (instead of passing t… |
| 捐款 | juān kuǎn | to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) |
| 税捐稽征处 | Shuì juān Jī zhēng chù | Taipei Revenue Service (tax office) |
| 捐助 | juān zhù | to donate; to offer (aid); contribution; donation |
| 抗捐 | kàng juān | to refuse to pay taxes; to boycott a levy |
| 捐赠者 | juān zèng zhě | donor; contributor |
| 捐税 | juān shuì | tax; levy; duty; impost |