Ideographic: Simplified form of 竄; a mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴Radical:

meaning for cuàn:

  • - to flee
  • - to scuttle
  • - to exile or banish
  • - to amend or editto run away
  • - to flee in disarrayto roam all over the place
  • - to go into every nook and corner
  • - to infiltrate
  • - (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run
  • - to flee and try to hideto scamper off
  • - to scurry off like a frightened ratto cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom)
  • - to flee ignominiouslyto jump about
  • - to run around on sinister errands (idiom)

yīgè一个
hánchàn寒颤
bùjīn不禁
cuàn
guò
de
bèijǐ背脊

A shiver traveled down my spine.