攒
cuán
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 手 +16
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 攢
- Common rank
- #3,190
- Unicode
- U+6512
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 攒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万头攒动 | (idiom) bustling with many people | |
| 众星攒月 | see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4] | |
| 攒集 | to gather; to assemble | |
| 攒钱 | to save up money | |
| 积攒 | to save bit by bit; to accumulate | |
| 攒聚 | to gather; to assemble | |
| 攒劲 | (dialect) to muster strength; to exert oneself; to strive | |
| 拼攒 | to assemble | |
| 攒簇 | to gather closely together |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 赞 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赞 sound part | to help, to support; to laud, to praise | |
| 臜 | dirty, filthy | |
| 瓒 | ceremonial libation cup | |
| 缵 | to continue, to carry on; to succeed | |
| 趱 | to urge, to hasten; to go in a hurry | |
| 躜 | to jump |