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栓

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bottle stopper; plug; (gun) bolt; (grenade) pin

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Strokes
10
Radical
木 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
栓
Common rank
#2,391
Unicode
U+6813

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Formation & memory

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How 栓 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 全 sound ( quán )

Components 木 全

How to remember it

plug · Heisig RSH #1609

木 tree + 全 whole

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 栓

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

WordPinyinMeaning
血栓形成 xuè shuān xíng chéng thrombosis
血栓病 xuè shuān bìng thrombosis
甘油栓剂 gān yóu shuān jì glycerine suppository
血栓症 xuè shuān zhèng thrombosis
消火栓 xiāo huǒ shuān fire hydrant
月经棉栓 yuè jīng mián shuān tampon
消防栓 xiāo fáng shuān fire hydrant
止血栓 zhǐ xuè shuān plug to stop bleeding; tampon (medicine)
栓子 shuān zi (medicine) embolus
门栓 mén shuān variant of 門閂|门闩[men2 shuan1]
音栓 yīn shuān (music) organ stop
栓皮 shuān pí cork
血栓 xuè shuān blood clot; thrombus
栓剂 shuān jì suppository
肺栓塞 fèi shuān sè pulmonary embolism (medicine)
栓塞 shuān sè (medicine) embolism
枪栓 qiāng shuān gun bolt
双唑泰栓 shuāng zuò tài shuān metronidazole, clotrimazole and chlorhexidine acetate (as suppository)
螺栓 luó shuān bolt (male component of nut and bolt)
溶栓 róng shuān thrombolysis (med.)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 全 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
全 sound part quán whole, entire, complete; to preserve
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