栓 meaning and stroke order
Cork, peg, stopper
How to write 栓, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 栓
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- bottle stopper
- plug
- (gun) bolt
- (grenade) pin
How 栓 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 全 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 栓
A wooden 木 (mù) piece that makes a bottle 全 (quán, complete, whole) by sealing it shut is a stopper. 木 tells you it was once made of wood, and 全 hints at the sound.
栓 (shuān) means a plug, stopper, or bolt, and it mostly appears inside compound words rather than alone. You will see it in medicine, mechanics, and public safety. Example: 街角有一个消防栓。(Jiējiǎo yǒu yí gè xiāofángshuān.) There is a fire hydrant on the street corner.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 栓 (shuān) with 拴 (shuān, to tie up). They sound identical, but 拴 has the hand radical 扌 and is a verb, as in 拴马 (shuān mǎ, tie up a horse), while 栓 has 木 and is a noun for a plug or bolt.
Common words with 栓
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
栓 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 栓
How many strokes are in 栓?
栓 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 栓 mean?
栓 (shuān) means cork, peg, stopper. A common word with it is 血栓 (xuèshuān), meaning "blood clot; thrombus".
How do you pronounce 栓?
栓 is pronounced shuān, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 栓?
The radical of 栓 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 栓 under this radical.
Is 栓 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 栓 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say the pin of a grenade in Chinese?
It is usually 保险栓 (bǎoxiǎnshuān) or 手榴弹的拉环 depending on the type. Here 栓 refers to the pin or catch that keeps something locked.
Why is 全 pronounced quán but 栓 pronounced shuān?
全 is the sound component, but sounds have shifted over many centuries, so the match is only partial. The rhyme -uan stays the same, which is a useful clue.