cán

to destroy

to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus

Death/evil (歹) + sound (戋) = destroyed, brutal, remnant

歹 depicts bones left after flesh is stripped away, carrying connotations of death, decay, and harm. 戋 primarily gives the sound cán; the meaning of damage and remnants comes from 歹.

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战争害了许多无辜的人。

zhàn zhēng cán hài le xǔ duō wú gū de rén。

The war injured and harmed many innocent people.

桌上还剩几片叶,风一吹就散了。

zhuō shàng hái shèng jǐ piàn cán yè,fēng yī chuī jiù sàn le。

A few remnant leaves remained on the table, scattered by a gust of wind.

Words with 残

长残

zhǎng cán

(slang) to grow up unattractive; to lose one's looks as one grows older

风烛残年

fēng zhú cán nián

one's late days

骨肉相残

gǔ ròu xiāng cán

close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife

中国残疾人联合会

zhōng guó cán jí rén lián hé huì

China Disabled Persons' Federation

中国残联

zhōng guó cán lián

China Disabled Persons' Federation (abbr. for 中國殘疾人聯合會|中国残疾人联合会[Zhong1 guo2 Can2 ji2 ren2 Lian2 he2 hui4])

了此残生

liǎo cǐ cán shēng

to live out the rest of one's life

保残守缺

bǎo cán shǒu quē

conservative

伤残

shāng cán

disabled

伤残人员

shāng cán rén yuán

the injured

凶残

xiōng cán

savage

冬残奥会

dōng cán ào huì

Winter Paralympics

助残

zhù cán

to help people with disabilities

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