案 (on3 | an4) : legal case; record; draft; long table

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案

on3

an4

[1] legal case; offence; incident
[2] record; file; archives
[3] draft; proposal; plan; option
[4] long narrow table or desk
[5] [archaic] wooden tray (used to serve food)

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

案

This word has been viewed 6676 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Sep 2010 11:51

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方案 fong1 on3 fang1 an4 = scheme; plan; project

答案 daap3 on3 da2 an4 = [n] answer

檔案 dong2 on3 dang4 an4 = case; record; file; archivefile

議案 ji5 on3 yi4 an4 = proposal; motion

作案 zok3 on3 zuo4 an4 = to commit a crime

草案 cou2 on3 cao3 an4 = draft (contract; proposal; legislation etc.)

圖案 tou4 on3 tu2 an4 = design; pattern

提案 tai4 on3 ti2 an4 = proposal; motion; to propose; to make a proposal

報案 bou3 on3 bao4 an4 = report a case to the security authorities

案件 on3 gin6*2 an4 jian4 = law case, legal case, judicial case
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答案好簡單粵
The answer's very simple.

今次嘅案件真係好棘手粵
The case I'm working on is very thorny.
[Lit. This time [possessive particle] case really very problematic.]

我諗呢個方案以三個月為期可以做完。粵
I believe this project can be completed within three months.

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Decimal representation of this word: 案
Unicode code for this character: U+6848 (off-site link)

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