绽
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to burst open; to split at the seam
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 綻
- Common rank
- #2,923
- Unicode
- U+7EFD
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
split at the seams · Heisig RSH #2380
thread + 定 settle on
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 绽
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮开肉绽 | flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) | |
| 破绽百出 | (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom) | |
| 卖破绽 | to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc) | |
| 绽开 | to burst forth | |
| 开绽 | to come unsewn | |
| 绽线 | to have a ripped seam | |
| 绽放 | to blossom | |
| 破绽 | split seam; (fig.) flaw; weak point | |
| 绽破 | to burst; to split | |
| 绽露 | to appear (formal) | |
| 绽裂 | to split open; to split apart | |
| 饱绽 | to swell to bursting (after having eaten too much) | |
| 纱绽 | spindle |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 定 — compare how they read.