管
to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #150 U+7BA1
How 管 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 官 (phonetic, guān)
How to remember it
pipe · Heisig RSH #1042
竹 bamboo + 官 bureaucrat
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 官
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 官 (guān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官 sound component | guān | official, public servant |
| 棺 | guān | coffin |
| 倌 | guān | assistant, hired hand |
| 菅 | jiān | coarse grass; Themedia forskali |
| 涫 | guàn | to boil |
| 绾 | wǎn | to string together, to bind up |
| 逭 | huàn | to flee, to escape, to avoid |
Words containing 管
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水管工人 | shuǐ guǎn gōng rén | plumber |
| 电子管 | diàn zǐ guǎn | valve (electronics); vacuum tube |
| 三不管 | sān bù guǎn | of undetermined status; unregulated |
| 水管面 | shuǐ guǎn miàn | tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti); macaroni |
| 下水管 | xià shuǐ guǎn | drainpipe |
| 人事管理 | rén shì guǎn lǐ | personnel management |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter |
| 管子 | Guǎn zǐ | Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn peri… |
| 管子 | guǎn zi | tube; pipe; drinking straw; CL:根[gen1] |
| 管理人 | guǎn lǐ rén | supervisor; manager; administrator |
| 大管 | dà guǎn | bassoon |
| 管子工 | guǎn zi gōng | plumber; pipe-fitter |
| 管理学 | guǎn lǐ xué | management studies |
| 水管 | shuǐ guǎn | water pipe |
| 水管工 | shuǐ guǎn gōng | plumber |
| 管城区 | Guǎn chéng Qū | Guangcheng Hui District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 自来水管 | zì lái shuǐ guǎn | water mains; service pipe; tap-water pipe |
| 死人不管 | sǐ rén bù guǎn | (coll.) to wash one's hands of a matter |
| 生管 | shēng guǎn | production control; production management (abbr. for 生產管理|生产管理[sheng1 chan3 guan3 li3]) |
| 小管 | xiǎo guǎn | young squid (Tw) |