全

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all; whole; entire; every; complete

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Jade 玉 put away 入 for safe-keeping

Components 入玉

whole · Heisig RSH #275

王 king + umbrella

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
全国人大	Quán guó Rén dà	National People's Congress (NPC) (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會\|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 bi…
国家安全	guó jiā ān quán	national security
天全县	Tiān quán Xiàn	Tianquan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
全国性	quán guó xìng	national
三中全会	Sān Zhōng Quán huì	third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
安全无事	ān quán wú shì	safe and sound
安全理事会	Ān quán Lǐ shì huì	(United Nations) Security Council
安全性	ān quán xìng	security; safety
全南县	Quán nán Xiàn	Quannan, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市\|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
全国运动会	Quán guó Yùn dòng huì	National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959
大全	dà quán	comprehensive collection
全国	quán guó	whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
联合国安全理事会	Lián hé guó Ān quán Lǐ shì huì	United Nations Security Council
全市	quán shì	whole city
全心	quán xīn	with heart and soul
人身安全	rén shēn ān quán	personal safety
全无	quán wú	none; completely without
全国人民代表大会	Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì	National People's Congress (NPC)
全天	quán tiān	whole day
天全	Tiān quán	see 天全縣\|天全县[Tian1 quan2 Xian4]

These characters use 全 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
全 sound part	quán	whole, entire, complete; to preserve
栓	shuān	cork, peg, stopper
诠	quán	to expound, to explain, to comment on
铨	quán	to weigh, to measure; to select, to elect; to estimate
荃	quán	aromatic herb; fine cloth
筌	quán	bamboo fish trap
拴	shuān	to fasten, to bind