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Keyword
coffin
Frequency
#2541
Strokes
12
Readings
guān
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 官 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
棺guān
coffin
石棺shíguān
sarcophagus
棺椁guānguǒ
inner and outer coffins; coffin
盖棺定论gàiguāndìnglùn
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
盖棺论定gàiguānlùndìng
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
棺材板guāncaibǎn
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling; coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)