冠 (gun3 gun1 | guan4 guan1 ) : rank first; hat, cap

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冠

gun3 gun1

guan4 guan1

[粵] gun3 [國] guan4
[1] rank first; champion; first place; best
[2] put on a hat/cap
[3] crown with; precede by

[粵] gun1 [國] guan1
[1] hat; cap; crown
[2] hat-shaped thing (like chaplet, cockscomb, etc)

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 冖 (#14)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

冠

This word has been viewed 7964 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Oct 2009 15:31

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冠軍 gun3 gwan1 guan4 jun1 = champion; winner

雞冠 gai1 gun1 ji1 guan1 = crest; cockscomb, coxcomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata)

桂冠 gwai3 gun1 gui4 guan1 = laurels

皇冠 wong4 gun1 = imperial crown

齒冠 ci2 gun1 chi3 guan1 = crown (of tooth)

高雞冠 gou1 gai1 gun1 = crested bulbul

不定冠詞 bat1 ding6 gun3 ci4 bu4 ding4 guan4 ci2 = indefinite article 國

冠詞 gun3 ci4 guan4 ci2 = [ling.] article

定冠詞 ding6 gun3 ci4 ding4 huan4 ci2 = [ling.] definite article

羽冠 jyu5 gun1 yu3 guan4 = crest (of a bird)
See all 27 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 冠
Unicode code for this character: U+51a0 (off-site link)

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