缆
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cable; hawser; to moor
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 糸 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 纜
- Common rank
- #2,536
- Unicode
- U+7F06
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
cable · Heisig RSH #2402
thread + magnifying glass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 缆
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电缆调制解调器 | cable modem | |
| 电缆接头 | cable gland | |
| 带状电缆 | ribbon cable | |
| 光纤电缆 | optical fiber; optical cable | |
| 电缆塔 | a pylon (for electric power line) | |
| 同轴电缆 | coaxial cable | |
| 电缆 | (electric) cable | |
| 缆车 | cable car | |
| 光缆 | optical cable | |
| 线缆 | cable; wire; cord (computer) | |
| 缆线 | cable | |
| 解缆 | to untie a mooring rope | |
| 船缆 | ship's hawser; rigging | |
| 缆索吊椅 | ski-lift | |
| 缆索 | cable; hawser; mooring rope | |
| 钢缆 | steel cable; wire cable; steel hawser | |
| 缆绳 | cable; hawser; mooring rope | |
| 缆桩 | mooring bollard |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 览 — compare how they read.