阐
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to express; to disclose; to enlighten; to open
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 門 +8
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 闡
- Common rank
- #3,619
- Unicode
- U+9610
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 阐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阐发 | to elucidate; to expound; to study and explain | |
| 阐明 | to elucidate; to explain clearly; to expound | |
| 推阐 | to elucidate; to study and expound | |
| 阐扬 | to expound; to propagate | |
| 阐示 | to demonstrate | |
| 阐释 | to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation | |
| 阐述 | to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 单 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单 sound part | single, individual, only; lone | |
| 弹 | bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy | |
| 蝉 | cicada; continuous | |
| 殚 | utmost, entirely, quite; to use up | |
| 郸 | a county in Hebei province | |
| 啴 | many; to pant | |
| 惮 | to fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid | |
| 掸 | to dust; a duster | |
| 箪 | a small bamboo basket for rice | |
| 婵 | beautiful, graceful, lovely, pretty | |
| 瘅 | bitter hatred; drought | |
| 觯 | a horn of wine |