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coffin

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 官 (phonetic, guān)

components: 木官

coffin · Heisig RSH #2311

木 tree + 官 bureaucrat

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 官

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 官 (guān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
官 sound component	guān	official, public servant
管	guǎn	tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
倌	guān	assistant, hired hand
菅	jiān	coarse grass; Themedia forskali
涫	guàn	to boil
绾	wǎn	to string together, to bind up
逭	huàn	to flee, to escape, to avoid

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不见棺材不落泪	bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi	lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom); fig. refuse to be convinced unt…
盖棺定论	gài guān dìng lùn	don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
盖棺论定	gài guān lùn dìng	don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
棺材板	guān cai bǎn	wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial…
石棺	shí guān	sarcophagus
棺木	guān mù	coffin
冰棺	bīng guān	coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse
灵棺	líng guān	a bier; a catafalque (memorial platform); a coffin
棺材瓤子	guān cai ráng zi	geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
棺材	guān cai	coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
瓮棺葬	wèng guān zàng	urn burial
瓮棺	wèng guān	funerary urn
棺椁	guān guǒ	inner and outer coffins; coffin