全
quánTraditional: 全
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Translation
whole, entire, all
Word origin
The character shows 王 (jade) under a roof-like 入, suggesting a flawless, complete piece of jade. From completeness it came to mean whole or entire.
- Origin
- associative compound
- Root
- 入 (to enter) over 王 (jade), suggesting a complete whole
Stroke order
全
Examples
。
The whole class passed the exam.
捐。
He donated all of his money.
。
The whole world is following this matter.
湿。
I am soaked all over.
。
I have read this whole book.
全 (quán) means whole, entire or all. It modifies nouns to mean the entirety of something.
Appears in 5 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 全.
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