管 (guǎn): meaning and stroke order
管 (guǎn) means to take care (of), to control, to manage, to be in charge of, to look after, to run.
管
- Simplified
- 管
- Traditional
- 管, 筦
- Pinyin
- guǎn
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Stroke order of 管
管
- guǎn variant of 管[guan3]
- Guǎn surname Guan
- guǎn to take care (of); to control
- 14 strokes
- Traditional form: 筦
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Meaning of 管
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guǎn
- to take care (of)
- to control
- to manage
- to be in charge of
- to look after
- to run
- to care about
- tube
- pipe
- woodwind
- classifier for tube-shaped objects
- particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions
- writing brush
- (coll.) to
- towards
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guǎn
Traditional 筦
- variant of 管[guan3]
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Guǎn
- surname Guan
Radical and structure
- 管
- Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 14 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 官 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 管
- 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of
- 水管 shuǐ guǎn water pipe
- 尽管 jǐn guǎn despite; although
- 掌管 zhǎng guǎn in charge of; to control
管 in our stories
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她试探着跟父亲提起这件事，父亲马上说：“去吧！我身体好着呢，用不着你管。”
tā shìtàn zhe gēn fùqīn tí qǐ zhè jiàn shì fùqīn mǎshàng shuō qù ba wǒ shēntǐ hǎo zhe ne yòngbuzháo nǐ guǎn
She carefully raised the subject, and her father said at once, "Go! I'm perfectly healthy. You don't need to look after me."
From the story No perfect answer HSK 6
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龙王心想：下雨是我管的，你怎么可能比我清楚？于是和他打赌，输的人要砸了招牌。
Lóngwáng xīn xiǎng xiàyǔ shì wǒ guǎn de nǐ zěnme kěnéng bǐ wǒ qīngchu yúshì hé tā dǎdǔ shū de rén yào zá le zhāopai
The Dragon King thought: rain is my business; how could you know better than me? So he made a bet with him: the loser would have his signboard smashed.
From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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这个孩子就是哪吒。他天生神力，性格却十分顽皮，连父亲也管不住他。
zhè gè háizi jiùshì Nézhā tā tiānshēng shénlì xìnggé què shífēn wánpí lián fùqīn yě guǎn bú zhù tā
This child was Nezha. He was born with divine strength but was extremely mischievous; not even his father could control him.
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 管
- No perfect answer HSK 6
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).