窜
竄cuàn
HSK 6
#2,456 most
frequent character
to flee, to scuttle, to exile or banish
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
窜 pairs 穴, a cave or hole, with 串 chuàn as the sound part, sharing the rhyme. The hole points to the first meaning, to hide or conceal. From hiding it grew to flee, then to exile someone, and to alter a text.
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Example Sentences
他为了逃避追捕，窜进了树林。
tā wèile táobì zhuībǔ ， cuànjìn le shùlín 。
To escape from pursuit, he scuttled into the woods.
在历史上，有些人因政治原因被窜出国。
zài lìshǐ shàng ， yǒuxiērén yīn zhèngzhì yuányīn bèi cuànchū guó 。
In history, some people were exiled for political reasons.
他的文章经过编辑后，内容有了很大窜改。
tāde wénzhāng jīngguò biānjí hòu ， nèiróng yǒule hěndà cuàngǎi 。
His article underwent significant edits after being revised.
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