遣
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qiǎn · to send, to dispatch

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13Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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辶Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 遣

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qiǎnWords pronounced qiǎn
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Example sentences

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Yuè dú shì wǒ de xiāo qiǎn.阅读是我的消遣。

Reading is my past-time.

Source: Tatoeba #1335430 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ shī yè hòu, wéi le pái qiǎn yù mèn de xīn qíng ér kāi shǐ le dǔ bó.湯姆失業後,為了排遣鬱悶的心情而開始了賭博。

After Tom lost his job, he started to gamble to cope with his depression.

Source: Tatoeba #2757133 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gōng sī dǎo bì le. wǒ mén qiǎn sàn le suǒ yǒu yuán gōng.公司倒閉了。我們遣散了所有員工。

The company went bankrupt. We laid off all of the employees.

Source: Tatoeba #13860154 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dǎ pái shì yì zhǒng liú xíng de xiāo qiǎn fāng shì.打牌是一種流行的消遣方式。

Playing cards is a popular pastime.

Source: Tatoeba #861087 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ lí zuì xǐ huān de xiāo qiǎn shì dú zhé xué shū; zhì wū tāng mǔ, tā bǐ jiào xǐ huān zì wèi.瑪麗最喜歡的消遣是讀哲學書;至於湯姆,他比較喜歡自慰。

Mary's favourite pastime was reading philosophy books, while Tom, he preferred masturbating.

Source: Tatoeba #13799575 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 遣 in context

  1. Say qiǎn, then recall the core meaning: to send, to dispatch.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 派遣 (pài qiǎn), meaning “to send”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 遣 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.