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冠

2 readings · tap one to hear it

hat; crown; crest; cap

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
9
Radical
冖 +7
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
冠
Common rank
#771
Unicode
U+51A0

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Formation & memory

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How 冠 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man 元 puts on a cap 冖 with his hand 寸

Components 冖 元 寸

How to remember it

crown · Heisig RSH #322

crown + glued to + 元 beginning

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 冠

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

WordPinyinMeaning
不定冠词 bù dìng guàn cí indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
冠心病 guān xīn bìng coronary heart disease
长新冠 cháng xīn guān long COVID
黑冠山雀 hēi guān shān què (bird species of China) rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)
新冠病毒 xīn guān bìng dú novel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠狀病毒|新型冠状病毒[xin1 xing2 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2]) (esp. SARS…
鸡冠区 Jī guān Qū Jiguan, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
团体冠军 tuán tǐ guàn jūn group championship
鸡冠花 jī guān huā cockscomb flower; Celosia cristata
定冠词 dìng guàn cí definite article (grammar)
冠海雀 guān hǎi què (bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
金冠地莺 jīn guān dì yīng (bird species of China) slaty-bellied tesia (Tesia olivea)
冠子 guān zi crest; crown
冠县 Guān Xiàn Guan County or Guanxian, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4], Shandong
新型冠状病毒 xīn xíng guān zhuàng bìng dú novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)
头冠 tóu guān a crown; top of the head
火冠雀 huǒ guān què (bird species of China) fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)
花冠 huā guān corolla
冠形词 guān xíng cí article (in grammar)
金冠树八哥 jīn guān shù bā ge (bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)
新冠 xīn guān novel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠狀病毒|新型冠状病毒[xin1 xing2 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2]) (esp. SARS…