毡
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felt (fabric)
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 毛 +5
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 毡
- Common rank
- #3,174
- Unicode
- U+6BE1
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 毡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如坐针毡 | lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom); fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation | |
| 书画毡 | felt desk pad for calligraphy | |
| 魔鬼毡 | (Tw) Velcro fastener; touch fastener | |
| 毡子 | felt (fabric) | |
| 毛毡 | felt | |
| 毡房 | yurt | |
| 画毡 | felt desk pad for calligraphy | |
| 针毡 | needle felting (craft); piece of felt used as a pincushion | |
| 毡靴 | felt boots; valenki (traditional Russian footwear) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 占 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound part | to divine; to observe; to versify | |
| 点 | dot, point, speck | |
| 战 | war, fighting, battle | |
| 站 | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations | |
| 店 | shop, store; inn, hotel | |
| 贴 | to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy | |
| 钻 | diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce | |
| 黏 | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue | |
| 沾 | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch | |
| 粘 | viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous | |
| 砧 | anvil, flat stone | |
| 玷 | character flaw; a flaw in a gem | |
| 坫 | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking | |
| 苫 | rush or straw matting | |
| 飐 | to sway in the wind | |
| 扂 | door latch | |
| 鲇 | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |