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Chuan
This can be a Mandarin Chinese surname that romanizes as Chuan.
The actual meaning of the character is armlet or bracelet.
River
川 means river or stream in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
In Japanese, this can be a surname when pronounced as Sakigawa.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
川 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan sakigawa さきがわ |
More info & calligraphy: River(suffix) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers); (1) river; stream; (suffix) (2) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers); (surname) Sakigawa A stream, a mountain stream; Ssu-ch'uan province. |
釧 钏 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan kushiro くしろ |
More info & calligraphy: Chuan(archaism) (See 古墳時代) bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period) |
傳承 传承 see styles |
chuán chéng chuan2 cheng2 ch`uan ch`eng chuan cheng |
More info & calligraphy: Smriti |
專用 专用 see styles |
zhuān yòng zhuan1 yong4 chuan yung |
More info & calligraphy: Dedication |
川崎 see styles |
chuān qí chuan1 qi2 ch`uan ch`i chuan chi kawasaki かわさき |
More info & calligraphy: KawasakiKawasaki (city); (surname) Yamazaki |
石川 see styles |
shí chuān shi2 chuan1 shih ch`uan shih chuan ishikawa いしかわ |
More info & calligraphy: IshikawaIshikawa (prefecture); (surname) Nakawa |
轉世 转世 see styles |
zhuǎn shì zhuan3 shi4 chuan shih tense |
More info & calligraphy: Reincarnation (Buddhism)To return to this life. |
串 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan kushi くし |
to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across (1) spit; skewer; (2) (slang) (See プロキシサーバー) proxy (computer server); (surname) Kushizaki to get used to |
傳 传 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan fuu / fu ふう |
biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station (surname) Fū To transmit, pass on, hand down, promulgate, propagate; tradition; summon; interpret; record; the Abhidharma. |
僎 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan |
collect |
喘 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan |
to gasp; to pant; asomethingma |
囀 啭 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan ten |
to sing (of birds or insects); to warble; to chirp; to twitter Translit. vā. |
塼 砖 see styles |
zhuān zhuan1 chuan sen |
variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1] flat round tile |
孨 see styles |
zhuǎn zhuan3 chuan |
(Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife (房子[fang2 zi5], 車子|车子[che1 zi5] and 妻子[qi1 zi5]); (archaic) cautious; cowardly |
専 see styles |
zhuān zhuan1 chuan sen せん |
Japanese variant of 專|专 (suffix noun) (1) (slang) exclusively doing ...; person who exclusively does ...; fetish for ...; someone with a fetish for ...; (2) (obsolete) first; most important thing; number one priority; (given name) Makoto |
專 专 see styles |
zhuān zhuan1 chuan sen |
for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to something); concentrated; specialized Single; special; solely. |
巛 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan magarikawa; magarigawa まがりかわ; まがりがわ |
archaic variant of 川[chuan1] (kana only) kanji "curving river" radical (variant of radical 47) |
撰 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan sen せん |
to compose; to compile (n,n-suf) (sometimes confused with 選) (See 選・せん) anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection; (surname) Erami To compose, compile. |
椽 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan ten たるき |
beam; rafter; classifier for rooms rafter Rafters. |
氚 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan |
(chemistry) tritium |
玔 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan |
jade ring |
瑏 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan |
(jade) |
瑑 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan |
engraved lines |
甎 砖 see styles |
zhuān zhuan1 chuan |
variant of 磚|砖[zhuan1] |
磚 砖 see styles |
zhuān zhuan1 chuan |
brick; CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
穿 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan haku はく |
to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread (female given name) Haku To bore, pierce; to thread; to don, put on. To bore a well and gradually discover water, likened to the gradual discovery of the Buddha-nature. |
篅 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan zen |
A round grain bin. |
篆 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan ten てん |
seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script (See 篆書) seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script |
籑 馔 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan |
old variant of 饌|馔[zhuan4] |
縳 䌸 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan |
to tie up |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Chuan | 釧 钏 | kushiro | chuàn / chuan4 / chuan | ch`uan / chuan |
| River | 川 | kawa | chuān / chuan1 / chuan | ch`uan / chuan |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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