贯
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to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 貝 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 貫
- Common rank
- #1,776
- Unicode
- U+8D2F
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
pierce · Heisig RSH #106
母 mother + oyster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 贯
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一以贯之 | (idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to en… | |
| 鱼贯而出 | to file out; to walk out in a line | |
| 鱼贯而入 | to walk in in a line | |
| 罗贯中 | Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other wor… | |
| 如雷贯耳 | lit. like thunder piercing the ear; a well-known reputation (idiom) | |
| 大满贯 | grand slam | |
| 万贯家财 | vast wealth | |
| 全神贯注 | (idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention | |
| 融会贯通 | (idiom) to integrate knowledge from various sources into a deep and coherent understanding… | |
| 一贯 | consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent | |
| 贯气 | (feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves; to confer a beneficial… | |
| 贯时 | diachronic | |
| 贯通 | to link up; to thread together | |
| 本贯 | ancestral home; domicile of origin | |
| 鱼贯 | one after the other; in single file | |
| 融汇贯通 | variant of 融會貫通|融会贯通[rong2 hui4 guan4 tong1] | |
| 气贯长虹 | spirit reaches to the rainbow; full of noble aspiration and daring | |
| 联贯 | variant of 連貫|连贯[lian2 guan4] | |
| 贯连 | to link up; to join together; to connect | |
| 连贯 | to link up (disparate elements); coherent (narrative, argument etc) |