捐
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to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 捐
- Common rank
- #1,775
- Unicode
- U+6350
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 捐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 肙 sound ()
Components 扌 肙
How to remember it
contribute · Heisig RSH #2399
fingers + canker sore
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 捐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细大不捐 | not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom); all-embracing | |
| 捐血者 | blood donor; also called 供血者 | |
| 器官捐献者 | organ donor | |
| 捐款者 | donor; benefactor; contributor (to charity) | |
| 捐生 | to sacrifice one's life | |
| 捐物 | to donate goods (to a relief effort); to contribute material | |
| 乐捐 | to donate | |
| 捐血 | to donate blood | |
| 捐益表 | tax benefits table | |
| 捐精 | to donate sperm | |
| 捐命 | to lay down one's life | |
| 捐资 | to contribute funds | |
| 捐背 | to die | |
| 捐班 | (old) to obtain an official position through financial contributions (instead of passing t… | |
| 捐款 | to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) | |
| 税捐稽征处 | Taipei Revenue Service (tax office) | |
| 捐助 | to donate; to offer (aid); contribution; donation | |
| 抗捐 | to refuse to pay taxes; to boycott a levy | |
| 捐赠者 | donor; contributor | |
| 捐税 | tax; levy; duty; impost |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肙 — compare how they read.