03248 Chinese character of 扞 and pronounce gon2

The Chinese character【扞】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes an action or attitude. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Resist or protect.

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【扞】:gǎn

Cantonese Jyutping of 【扞】:gon2

Here is an explanation of the primary details of the Chinese character 【扞】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【扞】, for example:Describing an action or attitude , It means primarily to resist or protect .Because of the extensive meanings of Chinese characters, some intricate details and specialized uses might not be fully presented here.

【扞】stands alone as a word, yet when paired with others, it leads to complex linguistic structures, for instance【扞衛、扞拒】(Mandarin Pinyin:gǎn wèi 、gǎn jù/ Cantonese Jyutping:hon6 wai6 、hon6 keoi5)

Writing this character requires 6 strokes,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,This sentence serves as an example of how to use this character.:


嬰兒正在吮吸母乳。

The baby is sucking breast milk.


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