luán
verb #48,490

Meanings

  1. 1 to cramp; to convulse (of muscles)
  2. 2 to be contracted; bent and unable to stretch

Examples

Yóu le hěnjiǔ hòu, tā de xiǎotuǐ jìngluán le.
After the long swim, his calf cramped up.
Jíbìng shǐ tā de shǒuzhǐ yǒngjiǔ quánluán.
The disease left his fingers permanently contracted.

Tips

usage
Bound character, mostly seen in the medical word 痉挛 (jìngluán, spasm, convulsion). It describes muscles seizing up or limbs bent stiff and unable to straighten.

Components

radical
shǒu
hand
(hand) sits at the bottom in its full form. It points to the body: cramping muscles and contracted hands or limbs.
phonetic
also (phonetic here)
sits on top as the sound element. Its reading has drifted far from the modern luán, a common pattern in simplified characters rebuilt from older forms.

Stroke Order

luán