Chinese Word: 窜 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

窜 (Trad.: 竄)HSK 6

Pinyin: cuàn

English Definition: to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit

Chinese Definition:
①乱跑，逃走(用于敌军、匪徒、野兽等)：窜犯。窜扰。窜逃。窜踞。流窜。抱头鼠窜。
②放逐：窜逐。
③修改文字：窜改。窜定(删补改定)。点窜(删减涂改)。[合]窜迹(遁迹；隐迹)；窜身(藏身。)

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 穴

Ideographic:Simplified form of 竄; a mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
- 串 [ chuàn ] string; relatives; to conspire

Similar Characters: 患

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逃窜HSK 6	táo cuàn	to run away; to flee in disarray
流窜	liú cuàn	to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
鼠窜	shǔ cuàn	to scamper off; to scurry off like a frightened rat
抱头鼠窜	bào tóu shǔ cuàn	to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
上窜下跳	shàng cuàn xià tiào	to jump about; to run around on sinister errands (idiom)