貫 (gun3 | guan4) : link up; well versed in

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貫

gun3

guan4

[1] link up; connect; penetrate
[2] well versed in; understand thoroughly
[3] [archaic] a string of 1,000 coins
[4] one's native place

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

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

貫 / 贯

This word has been viewed 5502 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2010 05:54

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一貫 jat1 gun3 yi1 guan4 = consistent; constant

籍貫 zik6 gun3 ji2 guan4 = ancestral land; native place

貫徹 gun3 cit3 guan4 che4 = to carry out through-out, put into practice

貫通 gun3 tung1 guan4 tong1 = link up

全神貫注 cyun4 san4 gun3 zyu3 quan2 shen2 guan4 zhu4 = concentrate on; be preoccupied with

惡貫滿盈 ok3 gun3 mun5 jing4 e4 guan4 man3 ying2 = replete with evil; strung through and filled with wickedness

魚貫 jyu4 gun3 yu2 guan4 = one after another

連貫性 lin4 gun3 sing3 lian2 guan4 xing4 = coherency

橫貫 waang4 gun3 heng2 guan4 = horizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally

融會貫通 jung4 wui6 gun3 tung1 rong2 hui4 guan4 tong1 = understand thoroughly through a comprehensive study of a subject
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Decimal representation of this word: 貫
Unicode code for this character: U+8cab (off-site link)

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