貫

guàn

a string of 1000 coins; to go through

How to write 貫, stroke by stroke

to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash

Pictophonetic: semantic 貝 (money), phonetic 毌

Made of 毌 + 貝

一貫yī guànconsistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent
貫穿guàn chuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link
貫徹guàn chèto implement; to put into practice; to carry out
全神貫注quán shén guàn zhù(idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
大滿貫dà mǎn guàngrand slam
本貫běn guànancestral home; domicile of origin
橫貫héng guànhorizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally
滿貫mǎn guànto win every trick in a card game; grand slam; fig. total success
籍貫jí guànone's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
舊貫jiù guànold system; former rules
萬貫wàn guànten thousand strings of cash; very wealthy; millionaire
貫串guàn chuànto pierce through; to string together

她全神貫注地寫著詩。
tā quán shén guàn zhù dì xiě zhù shī 。
She was absorbed in writing a poem.