惯
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accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,988 U+60EF
How 惯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 贯 (phonetic, guàn)
How to remember it
accustomed to · Heisig RSH #582
state of mind + 贯 pierce
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 贯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 贯 (guàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贯 sound component | guàn | to pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins |
| 掼 | guàn | to fling, to smash; to know, to be familiar |
Words containing 惯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转动惯量 | zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng | moment of inertia (mechanics) |
| 习惯成自然 | xí guàn chéng zì rán | (saying) habit becomes second nature; to do something as if it were perfectly natural beca… |
| 司空见惯 | sī kōng jiàn guàn | a common occurrence (idiom) |
| 惯用手 | guàn yòng shǒu | dominant hand |
| 惯用语 | guàn yòng yǔ | commonly used phrase; idiom; colloquial usage |
| 惯性系 | guàn xìng xì | inertial system; inertial frame (mechanics) |
| 习惯用法 | xí guàn yòng fǎ | idiom |
| 习惯自然 | xí guàn zì rán | see 習慣成自然|习惯成自然[xi2 guan4 cheng2 zi4 ran2] |
| 习惯用语 | xí guàn yòng yǔ | idiom; idiomatic expression; habitual form of speech (grammar) |
| 看不惯 | kàn bu guàn | cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove |
| 习惯性 | xí guàn xìng | customary |
| 惯性 | guàn xìng | (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; hab… |
| 惯家 | guàn jia | (usually derog.) an old hand at sth |
| 习惯法 | xí guàn fǎ | customary law; common law |
| 惯有 | guàn yǒu | customary; usual |
| 惯用 | guàn yòng | to use habitually; habitual; customary |
| 娇生惯养 | jiāo shēng guàn yǎng | pampered and spoiled since childhood |
| 过惯 | guò guàn | to be accustomed to (a certain lifestyle etc) |
| 惯量 | guàn liàng | inertia (mechanics) |
| 惯常 | guàn cháng | usual; customary |