扮
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to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 扮
- Common rank
- #2,590
- Unicode
- U+626E
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
play the part of · Heisig RSH #1945
fingers + 分 part
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 扮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扮家家酒 | to play house (Tw) | |
| 角色扮演游戏 | role-playing game (RPG) | |
| 扮猪吃老虎 | to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull… | |
| 扮装皇后 | drag queen; female impersonator | |
| 女扮男装 | (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom) | |
| 男扮女装 | (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom) | |
| 穿着打扮 | style of dress; one's appearance | |
| 短打扮 | clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothi… | |
| 乔装打扮 | to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit | |
| 打扮 | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 扮相 | stage costume | |
| 扮装 | to dress up and make up (like an actor) | |
| 装扮 | to decorate; to adorn; to dress up; to disguise oneself | |
| 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 扮演 | to play the role of; to act | |
| 妆扮 | variant of 裝扮|装扮[zhuang1 ban4] | |
| 扮酷 | to act cool |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 分 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分 sound part | to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity | |
| 粉 | powder, flour, cosmetic powder; plaster | |
| 盆 | basin, bowl, pot, tub | |
| 芬 | aroma, fragrance, perfume | |
| 纷 | tangled, scattered; numerous, confused | |
| 盼 | to look, to gaze; to expect, to hope for | |
| 酚 | carbolic acid; phenol | |
| 汾 | a river in Shanxi province | |
| 忿 | anger, fury; exasperation | |
| 吩 | to order, to command; to instruct | |
| 氛 | air; atmosphere | |
| 玢 | (archaic) a kind of jade, porphyrite | |
| 棻 | sandalwood | |
| 棼 | rafters; disordered, confused | |
| 邠 | a county in Shaanxi province | |
| 鼢 | a variety of mole | |
| 坌 | dust; earth; river bank; to dig; to unite |