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{{character info}}
{{character info|0xf905}}
==Translingual==
{{Han stroke|[[File:串 - U+04E32- KanjiVG stroke order.svg]]}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=2|rad=丨|as=06|sn=7|four=50006|canj=LL|ids=⿻吕丨}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𠳡]], [[𪭶]], [[梙]], [[𬊑]], [[𦀵]], [[賗]]([[𬥸]]), [[𠁷]], [[鋛]], [[𢖀]], [[𬵓]], [[𥣽]], [[𫡍]], [[𮦰]], [[𫡎]], [[𠁸]], [[𫡌]], [[𠁺]], [[𠁻]], [[𬟳]], [[𢈢]], [[𤶱]], [[窜]], [[𡮕]], [[𥭾]], [[𫔢]], [[𠁖]], [[患]], [[𤊌]], [[𫍁]], [[𨭳]]}}

===Further reading===
{{kangxi-ws|丨部/六畫}}
{{Han ref|kx=0080.020|dkj=00080|dj=0162.030|hdz=10030.020|uh=4E32}}
{{Han ref|uh=F905}}

==Chinese==

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{liushu|p}} – objects strung together.

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-forms}}
Cognate with {{och-l|穿|to pierce through; to wear}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=chuàn,er=y
|m-s=
|c=cyun3
|c-t=
|g=
|h=pfs=chhon
|j=
|mb=
|md=chióng
|mn=chhǹg/chhoàn
|mn_note=chhǹg - vernacular; chhoàn - literary
|mn-t=cuang3/cuêng3
|mn-t_note=cuang3 - Shantou; cuêng3 - Chaozhou
|w=sh:5tshoe
|x=
|oc=n,2
|ma=y
|cat=v,n,cls,c:a
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# to [[string#Verb|string]] together; to [[link up]]
# [[string]]; [[chain]]; [[series]] of [[object]]s
#* {{zh-x|昭陽 宮 裡 梳妝 閣 上，有 一 雙 黃金 寶 串，原 是 ^金 聖 宮 手 上 帶 戴。|ref=Xiyouji}}
# [[skewer]]
#: {{zh-co|串燒|food roasted on a '''skewer'''}}
#: {{zh-co|羊肉串|mutton kebab}}
# {{zh-classifier|[[strung]], [[bunch]]ed or [[cluster]]ed objects}}
#: {{zh-co|一 串 珠子|a '''string''' of beads}}
#: {{zh-co|一 串 鞭炮|a '''string''' of firecrackers}}
#: {{zh-co|一 串 葡萄|a '''bunch''' of grapes}}
# to [[cross#Verb|cross]]; to [[criss-cross]]; to [[traverse]] to; to [[mix]] (undesirably)
# {{lb|zh|literary|or in compounds}} to [[gang up on]]; to [[conspire]]; to [[collaborate]]
#* {{zh-x|如今 只 消 串 出 個 人 來 嚇 他 一 嚇，嚇 出 幾 百 兩 銀子 來，把 丫頭 白白 送 你 做 老婆。|ref=Rulin Waishi}}
# to [[pay a visit]] to; to [[visit#Verb|visit]]; to [[move about]]
#* {{zh-x|從 小兒 在 東京 時，只 去 行院 人家 串，那 一 箇 行院 不 愛 他！|ref=Shuihuzhuan}}
# {{lb|zh|literary|or in compounds}} to [[play]] a [[role]]; to [[act]]; to [[perform]]
#: {{zh-co|客串|to give a guest '''performance'''}}
#* {{zh-x|客 於 襪 中 出 玉 笛，隨 聲 便 串，曲 終 笛 止。|ref=Liaozhai}}
# {{lb|zh|chiefly|Taiwan|Internet}} [[thread]]
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} to [[spell#Verb|spell]] (a word in [[letter]]s)
#: {{zh-x|你 識 唔 識 串 自己 個 名{meng4-2} 啊{aa3}？|Do you know how to '''spell''' your own name?|C}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese|slang}} [[cocksure]]; [[arrogant]]; [[cocky]]
#: {{alti|zh|寸|tr=-}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese|slang}} to [[humiliate]]; to [[provoke]]
#: {{alti|zh|寸|tr=-}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{s|bunch}}
{{zh-dial}}
* {{s|to mix}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|混淆}}
* {{s|to gang up on}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|勾結}}
* {{s|to pay a visit}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|看望}}
* {{s|to play a role}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|演出}}
* {{s|to walk about}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|行走}}
* {{s|to spell}}
{{zh-dial|拼}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|一串珠|一串紅|一串驪珠|一連串|不上串|串供|串同|串味|串哄|串場|串子|串定|串客|串座|串戲|串打|串換|串杖|串氣|串游|串演|串燒|串疽|串票|串秧兒|串聯|串聯電阻|串花|串花家|串街|串親戚|串講|串通|串通一氣|串道|串鈴|串門|串門子|串騙|串鼓|串鼻子|勾串|印串|反串|大會串|客串|戚串|手串兒|獃串了皮|親串|貫串|賣串兒|連串|錢串子|香串|驪珠串|鬼串|黃串餅|串珠}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en-HK|inch|sml=1|t=cocky, etc.|id=cocky}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-forms|alt=𰀁}}
Cognate with {{och-l|貫|to penetrate}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=guàn
|c=gwaan3
|mc=y
|oc=1,1
|cat=v,n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} to [[get]] [[close]] to; to [[fawn]] on; to be [[obsequious]] to; to [[curry favor]] with
# {{†}} [[people]] on [[intimate]] [[term]]s
# {{†}} [[habit]]; [[custom]]
#* {{zh-x|國法 禁 拾遺，惡 民 之 串{guàn} 以 無 分 得 也。|ref=Xunzi}}
# {{†}} to [[joke#Verb|joke]]; to [[banter]]

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|串用|串習|親串|戚串|串暱|串狎}}

===Etymology 3===
{{zh-forms}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=huàn
|mc=
|oc=
|cat=pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-used in|串夷}}
#* {{zh-x|帝 遷 明德，^串{huàn}夷 載 路，天 立 厥 配，受命 既 固。|God having brought about the removal thither of this intelligent ruler,<br>The '''Kwan''' hordes fled away.<br>Heaven raised up a helpmeet for him,<br>And the appointment he had received was made sure.|ref=Shijing}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

{{cat|cmn|Intermediate Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=7|rs=丨06}}

====Readings====
From {{ltc-l|串|tr=*tsyhwen|[[skewer]]; [[traverse]]; [[visit]]; [[perform]]}}:
{{ja-readings
|goon=せん
|kanon=せん
|kun=くし-, つらぬ-く
}}
From {{ltc-l|串|id=1|[[curry favor]]; [[custom]], [[habit]]}}:
{{ja-readings
|goon=けん<けん<くゑん
|kanon=かん<くわん
|kun=な-れる
}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top|Compounds}}
* {{ja-r|串%カツ|くし%カツ|t=[[kushikatsu]]}}
* {{ja-r|串%揚げ|くし%あげ|t=a [[dish]] of [[deep fry|deep-fried]] and [[skewer]]ed [[food]]}}
* {{ja-r|串%鯖|くし%さば|t=[[proxy server]]}}
* {{ja-r|串%焼き|くし%やき|t=[[kushiyaki]]}}
* {{ja-r|金%串|かな%ぐし|t=[[metal]] [[skewer]]}}
* {{ja-r|竹%串|たけ%ぐし|t=[[bamboo]] [[skewer]]}}
* {{ja-r|玉%串|たま%ぐし|t=[[offertory]] [[sakaki]]-[[tree]] [[branch]]es}}
* {{ja-r|祓%串|はらえ%ぐし|t=[[wooden]] [[wand]] used in [[Shinto]] [[ritual]]s}}
{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|くし|yomi=k}}
{{wp|lang=ja}}
{{wp|Skewer}}
{{IPAchar|/kusi/}} → {{IPAchar|/kuɕi/}}

From {{inh|ja|ojp|sort=くし|-}}.<ref name="KDJ">{{R:Kokugo Dai Jiten}}</ref> Appears in the ''{{w|Nihon Shoki}}'', finished CE 720.

Cognate with {{m|ja|櫛|tr=kushi||[[comb]]}}.<ref>{{R:Daijisen}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|くし|acc=2|acc_ref=DJR}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|くし}}

# a [[skewer]], [[spit]]
#: {{syn|ja|串刺し|tr1=kushizashi|焼き串|tr2=yakigushi}}
# any [[slender]] [[object]] that can [[pierce]] other objects, ''especially'':
## {{lb|ja|Shinto}} {{short for|ja|玉串|tr={{w|tamagushi}}|dot=:|sort=くし}} a [[branch]] of a {{m|ja|榊|tr=[[sakaki]]}} [[tree]] [[use]]d as a Shinto [[offering]]
##* {{RQ:Konjaku Monogatarishū|book 24, story 51}}
##*: {{ja-usex|sort=くし|其の御%幣の'''串'''に書%付て奉りたりける|その ご%へい の '''くし''' に かき%つけて たてまつりたりける|That '''branch''' of streamers, written and presented...}}
## {{short for|ja|幕串|tr=makugushi|dot=:}} a [[post]] used to [[hang]] a [[curtain]]
# a [[candle]]'s [[wick]]
#: {{syn|ja|芯|tr=shin}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top3}}
* {{ja-r|串%揚げ|くし%あげ}}
* {{ja-r|串%柿|くし%がき|[[skewer]]ed [[dried]] [[persimmon]]s}}
* {{ja-r|串カツ|くしカツ}}
* {{ja-r|串%刺|くし%ざし|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|串%刺し|くし%ざし|[[impalement]]}}
* {{ja-r|串%焼|くし%やき|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|串%焼き|くし%やき}}
* {{ja-r|金%串|かな%ぐし|[[metal]] spit or skewer}}
* {{ja-r|牛%串|ぎゅう%くし|skewered [[beef]]}}
* {{ja-r|竹%串|たけ%ぐし|[[bamboo]] skewer}}
* {{ja-r|玉%串|たま%ぐし}}
* {{ja-r|祓%串|はらえ%ぐし}}
* {{ja-r|幣%串|へい%ぐし}}
* {{ja-r|幕%串|まく%ぐし}}
* {{ja-r|澪%標|みお%つくし|[[dolphin]], channel-mark}}
* {{ja-r|目%串|め%ぐし|[[suspicion]]s, [[guess]]es}}
* {{ja-r|焼%串|やき%ぐし|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|焼き串|やきぐし}}
* {{ja-r|横%串|よこ%くし}}
{{der-bottom}}

====Proper noun====
{{ja-pos|proper|くし}}

# {{surname|ja|sort=くし}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|くし|yomi=k|ateji=y}}
{{clipping|ja|プロクシ}}, from {{bor|ja|en|proxy}}; possibly reinforced by the idea of "going through". Kanji is an {{ja-ateji}}.

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|くし}}

# {{lb|ja|slang|computing}} a [[proxy server]]
#: {{syn|ja|プロキシ|tr1=purokishi|プロクシ|tr2=purokushi|プロクシサーバー|tr3=purokushi sābā|串鯖|tr4=kushisaba|lit4=skewer mackerel}}
#: {{ja-usex|中%国'''串'''|^ちゅう%ごく '''くし'''|a Chinese '''proxy'''}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{ja-r|串%鯖|くし%さば|proxy server|lit=skewer mackerel}}

===References===
<references/>

{{C|ja|Cooking|sort=くし}}
{{cln|ja|2channel slang}}

==Korean==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|ko|ltc|sort=관|-}} {{ltc-l|串}}.
{{hanja-ety
|dk={{okm-l|관〮|kwán}}
}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-hanja-pron|관}}

====Hanja====
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|익히다|익힐|관}}

# {{hanja form of|관|to become [[habituate]]d to [[something]]}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}
* {{ko-l|관동|串童}}
* {{ko-l|관시|串柹}}
* {{ko-l|친관|親串}}
{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|ko|ltc-lat|sort=천|-}} {{ltc-lat-l|串}}.

====Hanja====
{{ko-hanja|꿰미|천}}

# {{hanja form of|천|[[string]]; [[chain]]; [[skewer]]}}
# {{hanja form of|관|to [[string#Verb|string]]; to [[thread#Verb|thread]]; to [[skewer#Verb|skewer]]}}
# {{hanja form of|천|[[receipt]]}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}
* {{ko-l|천표|串票}}
{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
Misreading of {{der|ko|ltc|sort=찬|-}} {{ltc-l|丳}}.

====Hanja====
{{ko-hanja|꼬챙이|찬}}

# {{hanja form of|찬|[[skewer]]}}
#: {{syn|ko|丳|tr={{m|ko|찬}}}}

===Etymology 4===
Related to {{cog|okm|-}} {{okm-l|곶다〮|kwòctá}}.

====Hanja====
{{ko-hanja|[[땅]] [[이름]]|곶}}

# {{hanja form of|곶|{{n-g|used as a [[suffix]] in [[placename]]s}}}}
# {{hanja form of|곶|[[cape#Etymology 1|cape]]}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}
* {{ko-l|^갑곶|甲串}}
* {{ko-l|^장기곶|長鬐串}}
* {{ko-l|^장산곶|長山串}}
* {{ko-l|^호미곶|虎尾串}}
{{der-bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:hanjadoc|33}}

==Old Japanese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ojp|jpx-pro|sort=くし|*kusi}}.

Cognate with {{m|ojp|櫛|tr=kusi||[[comb]]}}.<ref>{{R:Digital-Daijisen}}</ref>

===Noun===
{{head|ojp|noun|tr=kusi|kana|くし|sort=くし}}

# [[tine]], [[stake]], [[skewer]]: any [[slender]] [[object]] that can [[pierce]] other objects

====Derived terms====
* {{m|ojp|串刺し|tr=kusizasi}}
* {{m|ojp|澪標|tr=mi<sub>1</sub>wotukusi}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ja|串|tr=kushi}}

===References===
<references/>

==Vietnamese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|vi|{{vi-l|貫|quán}}}}<ref name=bonet>{{vi-ref|Bonet (1899).}}</ref>

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=丨06
|hanviet=quán-gdhn;bonet;genibrel
|phienthiet=古患 cổ hoạn
|nom=xiên-gdhn, xuyên-gdhn, xuyến-gdhn, quán-bonet
}}

# {{vi-Han form of|quán|to [[string#Verb|string]] an [[object]]}}

===References===
<references/>