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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 |
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 |
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 |
喘 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan |
to gasp; to pant; asomethingma |
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) |
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) |
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. |
舛 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan masuzaki ますざき |
mistaken; erroneous; contradictory kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136); (surname) Masuzaki |
舩 船 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan fune ふね |
variant of 船[chuan2] (surname) Fune |
船 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan sen せん |
boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1] (suffix noun) ship; boat; vessel; (surname, female given name) Fune A boat, ship. |
荈 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan |
Thea sinensis |
遄 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan |
to hurry; to go to and fro |
上傳 上传 see styles |
shàng chuán shang4 chuan2 shang ch`uan shang chuan |
to upload |
上船 see styles |
shàng chuán shang4 chuan2 shang ch`uan shang chuan uwabune うわぶね |
to get on the boat (noun/participle) embarking; embarkation; boarding; (personal name) Uwabune |
中川 see styles |
zhōng chuān zhong1 chuan1 chung ch`uan chung chuan nokaga のかが |
Nakagawa (Japanese surname and place name) (surname) Nokaga |
串供 see styles |
chuàn gòng chuan4 gong4 ch`uan kung chuan kung |
to collude to fabricate a story |
串口 see styles |
chuàn kǒu chuan4 kou3 ch`uan k`ou chuan kou |
serial port (computing) |
串味 see styles |
chuàn wèi chuan4 wei4 ch`uan wei chuan wei |
to become tainted with the smell of something else; to pick up an odor |
串崗 串岗 see styles |
chuàn gǎng chuan4 gang3 ch`uan kang chuan kang |
to leave one's post while on duty |
串戲 串戏 see styles |
chuàn xì chuan4 xi4 ch`uan hsi chuan hsi joudan / jodan じょうだん |
to act in a play; (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance (noun - becomes adjective with の) jest; joke; funny story |
串換 串换 see styles |
chuàn huàn chuan4 huan4 ch`uan huan chuan huan |
to exchange; to change; to swap |
串流 see styles |
chuàn liú chuan4 liu2 ch`uan liu chuan liu |
to stream (online) |
串燒 串烧 see styles |
chuàn shāo chuan4 shao1 ch`uan shao chuan shao |
to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab; (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence; sequence of songs; medley |
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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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