zhuān
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 honest and simple; good-natured (classical)
  2. 2 sole; exclusive (same as 专) (classical)

Examples

Zhuānxū shì shànggǔ chuánshuō zhōng de wǔdì zhī yī.
Zhuanxu was one of the legendary Five Emperors of high antiquity.

Tips

history
is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is best known from the legendary emperor 颛顼; in classical texts it also meant 'honest and simple' or, like , 'sole'. It joins the phonetic with the head radical (traditional ).
register
Archaic and literary only; encountered in classical history and the name 颛顼, not in modern speech.

Components

radical
head; page
The head radical (traditional ) on the right groups this with characters about the head, face and, by extension, character or demeanor.
phonetic
duān
tip; beginning (phonetic element)
Supplies the sound (reading drifted from duān to zhuān). is the older full form behind ; here it is purely phonetic.

Stroke Order

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