Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

hat; crown; crest; cap; to head

Chinese: 帽子;也表示居第一。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “guan” becomes a different word in each tone. 冠 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 冠军guàn jūnchampion
  • 夺冠duó guànto seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal
  • 冠以guàn yǐto label; to call
  • 冠子guān zicrest; crown
  • 后冠hòu guāncrown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner; first place in a women's competition

Example Sentence

经过激烈的比赛,他获得了冠军。Jīng guò jī liè de bǐ sài, tā huò dé le guàn jūn.After a fierce competition, he won the championship.

经过Jīng guòto pass激烈jī liè(of competition or fightindeof比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc)he获得huò déto obtainle(completed action)冠军guàn jūnchampion