缆
cable; hawser; to moor
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,536 U+7F06
How 缆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 览 (phonetic, lǎn)
How to remember it
cable · Heisig RSH #2402
thread + magnifying glass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 览
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 览 (lǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 览 sound component | lǎn | to look over, to inspect, to view, to perceive |
| 揽 | lǎn | to grasp; to monopolize; to seize |
| 榄 | lǎn | olive |
Words containing 缆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电缆调制解调器 | diàn lǎn tiáo zhì jiě tiáo qì | cable modem |
| 电缆接头 | diàn lǎn jiē tóu | cable gland |
| 带状电缆 | dài zhuàng diàn lǎn | ribbon cable |
| 光纤电缆 | guāng xiān diàn lǎn | optical fiber; optical cable |
| 电缆塔 | diàn lǎn tǎ | a pylon (for electric power line) |
| 同轴电缆 | tóng zhóu diàn lǎn | coaxial cable |
| 电缆 | diàn lǎn | (electric) cable |
| 缆车 | lǎn chē | cable car |
| 光缆 | guāng lǎn | optical cable |
| 线缆 | xiàn lǎn | cable; wire; cord (computer) |
| 缆线 | lǎn xiàn | cable |
| 解缆 | jiě lǎn | to untie a mooring rope |
| 船缆 | chuán lǎn | ship's hawser; rigging |
| 缆索吊椅 | lǎn suǒ diào yǐ | ski-lift |
| 缆索 | lǎn suǒ | cable; hawser; mooring rope |
| 钢缆 | gāng lǎn | steel cable; wire cable; steel hawser |
| 缆绳 | lǎn shéng | cable; hawser; mooring rope |
| 缆桩 | lǎn zhuāng | mooring bollard |