chán

to wind around

to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy

silk thread (纟) + phonetic (㢆) = wind around and entangle

The silk radical (纟) anchors the idea of threads coiling and tangling around something. 㢆 contributes the sound chán and does not carry independent meaning here.

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No independent semantic role in modern usePhonetic
Silk threadSemantic

这根绳子在树上了。

zhè gēn shéng zi chán zài shù shàng le。

This rope is wound around the tree.

孩子一直着妈妈要买玩具。

hái zi yī zhí chán zhe mā ma yào mǎi wán jù。

The child kept bothering his mother to buy a toy.

Words with 缠

量子纠缠

liàng zǐ jiū chán

quantum entanglement (physics)

难缠

nán chán

(usu. of people) difficult

麻缠

má chán

to pester

交缠

jiāo chán

to intertwine

厮缠

sī chán

to pester

死缠烂打

sǐ chán làn dǎ

(coll.) to pester

牵缠

qiān chán

to involve

蛮缠

mán chán

to pester

盘缠

pán chán

to twine

盘缠

pán chan

money for a voyage; travel expenses

粘缠

nián chán

to stick closely to

纠缠

jiū chán

to be in a tangle

More characters with 纟

绿