guàn
verb HSK 7-9 #8,986

Meanings

  1. 1 accustomed to; used to
  2. 2 to spoil (a child)

Examples

Wǒ xíguàn zǎoqǐ.
I'm used to getting up early.
Bié guàn zhe háizi.
Don't spoil the child.

Tips

usage
is mainly used in 习惯 (habit/to be used to) and alone meaning 'to spoil/indulge'. Also in 惯例 (convention), 司空见惯 (commonplace — idiom).

Components

radical
xīn
heart; mind (radical form of 心)
Left-side heart radical, the upright side-form of — three strokes for one tall dot and two side dots. Anchors in the family of mental dispositions and habits: is what the heart has grown accustomed to. Same family: (fear), (feeling), (slow temperament), (constancy).
phonetic
guàn
string of coins; pass through (here phonetic + semantic)
Right side supplies the sound — exact guàn. It doubles as semantic: pictures coins strung on a cord, the sense 'thread through, run continuously.' With the heart radical, reads as 'the mind running along its accustomed thread' — habit, doing what comes habitually.

Stroke Order

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