擅 (shàn)

to be good at; expert in; unauthorized

How 擅 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
扌 — hand
Traditional
擅
Simplified
擅 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 擅

擅長 shàncháng
to be good at; to be expert in
擅自 shànzì
without permission; of one's own initiative

擅 in a sentence

他非常擅長彈鋼琴。

Tā fēicháng shàncháng tán gāngqín.

“He is very good at playing the piano.”

How common is 擅?

擅 is the 2,372nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.2% of all running text.

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