灌

to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music)

20 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,480 U+704C

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 雚 (phonetic, guàn)

components: 氵雚

pour into · Heisig RSH #2882

水 water + stork

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 雚

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 雚 (guàn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
雚 sound component	guàn	heron; small cup
权	quán	authority, power, right
罐	guàn	jar, jug, pitcher, pot
鹳	guàn	crane, stork; Ciconia species (various)
獾	huān	badger
颧	quán	cheekbones

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
海水倒灌	hǎi shuǐ dào guàn	saltwater intrusion
灌南县	Guàn nán Xiàn	Guannan, a county in Lianyungang City 連雲港市\|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 Shi4], Jiangsu
灌阳县	Guàn yáng Xiàn	Guanyang, a county in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
灌木林	guàn mù lín	shrubbery; low wood
灌云县	Guàn yún Xiàn	Guanyun, a county in Lianyungang City 連雲港市\|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 Shi4], Jiangsu
红灌木茶	hóng guàn mù chá	rooibos tea
如雷灌耳	rú léi guàn ěr	variant of 如雷貫耳\|如雷贯耳[ru2 lei2 guan4 er3]
全神灌注	quán shén guàn zhù	variant of 全神貫注\|全神贯注[quan2 shen2 guan4 zhu4]
灌区	guàn qū	area under irrigation
电灌站	diàn guàn zhàn	electric pumping station in irrigation system
灌水	guàn shuǐ	to irrigate; to pour water into; to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumpin…
灌南	Guàn nán	see 灌南縣\|灌南县[Guan4 nan2 Xian4]
灌阳	Guàn yáng	see 灌陽縣\|灌阳县[Guan4 yang2 Xian4]
满堂灌	mǎn táng guàn	cramming (as a teaching method); rote learning
灌木	guàn mù	bush; shrub
灌制	guàn zhì	to record (songs, albums, CDs etc); to cast (plaster, metal etc) into a mold
灌米汤	guàn mǐ tāng	to flatter; to butter sb up
灌酒	guàn jiǔ	to force sb to drink alcohol
灌云	Guàn yún	see 灌雲縣\|灌云县[Guan4 yun2 Xian4]
倒灌	dào guàn	to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; to back up (…