桓

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Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 亘 sound ( gèn )

Components 木亘

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
桓仁满族自治县	Huán rén Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn	Huanren Manchu Autonomous County, in Benxi City 本溪市[Ben3 xi1 Shi4], Liaoning
桓台县	Huán tái Xiàn	Huantai, a county in Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong
桓仁县	Huán rén Xiàn	see 桓仁滿族自治縣\|桓仁满族自治县[Huan2 ren2 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
齐桓公	Qí Huán gōng	Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
罗荣桓	Luó Róng huán	Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader
桓台	Huán tái	see 桓台縣\|桓台县[Huan2 tai2 Xian4]
盘桓	pán huán	to pace; to linger; to stay over; to spiral; to hover
乌桓	Wū huán	Wuhuan (nomadic tribe)
桓仁	Huán rén	see 桓仁滿族自治縣\|桓仁满族自治县[Huan2 ren2 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
张荫桓	Zhāng Yìn huán	Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
般桓	pán huán	variant of 盤桓\|盘桓[pan2 huan2]
桓玄	Huán Xuán	Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
桓桓	huán huán	mighty; powerful

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亘 sound part	gèn	to extend across, through; from
垣	yuán	low wall
姮	héng	lady
洹	huán	a river in Henan province