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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Quan

  • 荃sweet flag, an aromatic herb
  • 泉spring water; spring
  • 全complete; whole; perfect
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
Q
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters荃泉全權
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Quan in their name

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Quan is a Chinese name syllable from Mandarin; one character is 荃, meaning 'sweet flag, an aromatic herb', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Quan

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 荃

    sweet flag, an aromatic herb

    Mandarin quán

    attested

  • 泉

    spring water; spring

    Mandarin quán

  • 全

    complete; whole; perfect

    Mandarin quán

  • 權

    power, authority; right

    Mandarin quán

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Quan

Quan is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names, spelled after the Mandarin pronunciation. Quan is the Hanyu Pinyin spelling of the Mandarin reading quán. Characters commonly used for this sound include 荃 (sweet flag, an aromatic herb); 泉 (spring water; spring); 全 (complete; whole; perfect); 權 (power, authority; right). The character 荃 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Quan

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 荃 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 泉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 全 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 權 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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