Chinese Word: 旃 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

旃

Pinyin: zhān

English Definition: felt; silken banner

Chinese Definition:
①古代一种赤色曲柄的旗。
②同“毡”。
③文言助词，相当于“之”或“之焉”：“天其殃之也，其将聚而歼旃”。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 方

Pictophonetic:丹 indicates the sound; 方 (flag) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 方 [ fāng ] square, rectangle; side; region; flag
- ⿱ Above to below
  - 丹 [ dān ] cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder

Similar Characters: 斾

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sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana")

1		wǒ 我 jǔ 举 gè 个 lì zi 例子， nǐ 你 jiù 就 zhī dào 知道 le 了。 jǔ shì wén míng 举世闻名 de 的 mó dēng 摩登 shì 是 zhān 旃 tuó 陀 luó 罗 de 的 ér zi 儿子， shì 是 jiàn mín 贱民。 Know ye by the example I now cite (the fact that by birth one is not an outcast). There was an outcast's son, Sopaka, who became known as Matanga.
2		yī míng 一名 mù jī zhě 目击者 shuō 说， niǎo qún 鸟群 tīng dào 听到 zào shēng 噪声 hòu 后 shòu dào 受到 le 了 jīng xià 惊吓， fēn fēn 纷纷 zhuàng jìn 撞进 wū zi 屋子 lǐ 俚 huò shì 或是 shù cóng 树丛 zhōng 中。 zhè zhǒng 这种 niǎo 鸟 dà liàng 大量 qī xī 栖息 zài 在 cǐ dì 此地， tā men 它们 diān 掂 zhān 旃 jiān 间 shì lì 视力 bù 不 tài 太 bú cuò 不错。 A witness reported that the birds which roost in the area in large numbers and don't see well at night were scared by the noise and slammed into houses and trees.