Spot 展
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
展 component
zhǎn · to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 展
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue展Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 展.
搌=
扌
辗=
车
碾=
石
輾=
車
冁=
单
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 展 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
辗转zhǎnzhuǎn
to toss about in bed
HSK 3.0 · L7-9冁chǎnsmile
搌zhǎnto dab, to sop up, to wipe away tears
水碾shuǐ niǎnwater mill
碾场niǎn chángto thresh or husk grain on a threshing ground
碾槌niǎn chuípestle
碾坊niǎn fánggrain mill
碾过niǎn guòto crush sth by running over it
碾磨niǎn móto mill
碾盘niǎn pánmillstone
碾碎niǎn suìto pulverize
碾砣niǎn tuóroller