莞 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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guǎn, guān, wǎn

smiling

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

plant

完 Sound component

wán

complete

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

莞

guǎn

smiling; a kind of aquatic herb, clubrush, Scirpus lacustris; (district)

莞

guān

Skimmia japonica

莞

wǎn

smile

Most common words with 莞

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	东莞	Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省\|广东省[Guǎngdōngshěng]
	东莞市	Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省\|广东省[Guǎngdōngshěng]
	莞	Skimmia japonica
	莞尔	smiling

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4260th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	10
Unicode	U+839E
Shuowen	“莞，艸也，可以作席。从艸，完聲。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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