逛 (guàng) - Meaning, Stroke Order & Audio

逛

guàng[guang4]Tone 4

to stroll

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English · to stroll

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Topology:Left-right

Strokes:10

Writing Balance Rule: The movement radical (辶) wraps securely around the bottom and left of the phonetic core (狂), maintaining a stable, unified center of gravity.

1. Meaning

to stroll, to wander around, to walk leisurely

to visit places of interestto go shopping (colloquial)

VerbColloquial#movement#leisure#daily life

Sample Usage

周末我喜欢去街上逛逛。
zhōumò wǒ xǐhuan qù jiēshang guàngguang.
On weekends I like to go strolling on the street.
下午我们一起去逛商场吧。
xiàwǔ wǒmen yìqǐ qù guàng shāngchǎng ba.
Let's go window shopping at the mall together this afternoon.

2. Sound

/[ku̯ɑŋ⁵¹]/Tone: 51

逛

guàngguang4

`(51)

=guàng

Initial Consonant

Type: Unaspirated Velar

Sounds like: g sound as in 'go'

Unaspirated

Airflow Tactile Test: No burst of air (sounds like 'c' in Vietnamese 'cá' or 'k' in English 'skate').

Tongue & Mouth Position: Back of the tongue raised against the soft palate

Final Rhyme

uang

Vowel Group: -a vowel group

Sounds like: -uang rhymes with 'wong' in 'wong fu'

Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'wahng'.

Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.

Tone

T4 (51)

5 → 1 (51)

4th Tone (High-Falling)

Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 4 starts high and drops sharply to the bottom, sounding like an emphatic command or an assertive 'No!' in English.

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Listening trap: Confusing the nasal ending '-uang' with '-ang' or '-ong'. Ensure you pronounce the rounding glide 'u' before the 'ang'.

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Physical Tone Gesture: A sharp karate chop downward from high in the air to the ground, reflecting the falling drop of Tone 4.

3. Writing

Topology: Left-right · Strokes: 10 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The movement radical (辶) wraps securely around the bottom and left of the phonetic core (狂), maintaining a stable, unified center of gravity.

4. Components

Radical 辶 · Walking Radical (movement, motion, walking)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 辶 (Indicates walking or moving around leisurely.)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 狂 (original sound: kuáng)

You are walking (辶) wildly or freely (狂) down the street just for fun, which gives you the meaning of strolling.

辶 movement / walk
狂 wild / unrestrained (provides phonetic clue)

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

2· Phonetic Root: 狂 (kuáng)

5. History

Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: The character combines the walking radical (辶) with the sound-giving component 狂 (wild/unrestrained), portraying the act of walking freely without a strict destination.

Semantic Evolution: Originally denoting movement or walking, it gradually specialized in modern Chinese to mean leisurely strolling, wandering, or shopping.

The phonetic component 狂 originally meant fierce or wild, which adds flavor to the idea of wandering freely without constraint.

6. Sinosphere

7. Memory

Vivid Mnemonic Story

While feeling wild and free like a 'mad' (狂) person, you take a leisurely walk (辶) through the city streets, just strolling and window shopping.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

狂

kuángmad / wildWithout the walking radical, it means wild or crazy.

逛

guàngto strollWith the walking radical (辶), you are walking around wildly/freely.

Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)

狂(kuáng)

狂 uses the dog/beast radical (犭) meaning wild/mad; 逛 uses the walking radical (辶) meaning strolling.

8. Mastery

Active Recall Challenge

今天下午我想去商场[___]街。

Clue: guàng

Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing the phonetic part 狂 with other similar components, or forgetting to add the walking radical 辶 when trying to write 'to stroll'.

Memory Prompts

Recognition: What does 逛 (guàng) mean and what is its tone?

Production: How do you write the character for 'to stroll' (guàng) using the walking radical?

逛guàngto stroll

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