涣 (huàn) - to melt & to dissipate

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huàn ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical:

枫惠

涣 · huàn

to melt;

to dissipate;

scattered;

dispersed;

flowing freely

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Usage highlights

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Synonyms

  • 散— to scatter; to disperse
  • 消— to disappear; to vanish
  • 融— to melt; to fuse

Antonyms

  • 聚— to gather; to assemble
  • 凝— to condense; to concentrate
  • 集— to collect; to gather

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The crowd gradually dispersed (人群涣散).
  • Ice melts in spring (冰涣).
  • His morale was completely dissipated (士气涣散).
  • The river flows freely (涣涣).

Collocations

  • to disperse(涣散)
  • dissipated morale(士气涣散)
  • melting ice(冰涣)
  • flowing water(涣涣)
  • to dissipate(涣然)
  • dispersal(涣灭)

Idioms

  • All doubts melt away(涣然冰释)
  • The people's hearts are scattered(民心涣散)
  • Disperse and do not gather(涣而不聚)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally depicted water flowing and dispersing, later extended to mean scattering or melting away.
  • Used in classical texts to describe the dissolution of doubts or the dispersion of crowds.
  • Appears in the I Ching (Book of Changes) in the hexagram 涣 (Huàn), symbolizing dispersion and flowing.

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