罐 (guàn)

can; jar; pot

How 罐 is written

Strokes
23
Radical
缶 — jar
Traditional
罐
Simplified
罐 (unchanged)

Components

  • 缶 jar
  • 艹 grass
  • 吅 N/A
  • 隹 small bird

Common words using 罐

拔罐 báguàn
cupping glass; fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin); ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
易拉罐 yìlāguàn
pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
罐子 guànzi
jar; pitcher; pot
罐裝 guànzhuāng
canned (food, coffee etc)
罐頭 guàntou
tin; can; CL:個|个[ge4]
拔火罐 báhuǒguàn
suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气); detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
拔罐子 báguànzǐ
cupping technique used in traditional Chinese medicine
油罐車 yóuguànchē
oil tanker truck; fuel tanker
破罐破摔 pòguànpòshuāi
lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
罐車 guànchē
tanker truck; tanker wagon
藥罐 yàoguàn
pot for decocting herbal medicine
蜜罐 mìguàn
honey pot; fig. comfortable living conditions; privileged environment

罐 in a sentence

我買了一罐可樂。

Wǒ mǎi le yí guàn kělè.

“I bought a can of cola.”

How common is 罐?

罐 is the 2,405th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.3% of all running text.

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