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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
brook, mountain stream

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A stream shuǐ flowing through a valley  jiān jiān also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵间

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Example sentences using jiàn

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丛适, yuán jiàn Huán .

I lean by a tree and rest myself Or wander up and down a stream.

溪涧 xī jiàn zhǎng Mǎn 春水.

The streams are flush with the spring runoff.

Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiàn mountain stream
山涧 shān jiàn mountain stream山澗
溪涧 xī jiàn stream溪澗
清涧 Qīng jiàn Qingjian County in Yulin 榆林 Yú lín [Yú​lín], Shaanxi清澗
涧西区 Jiàn xī qū Jianxi district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 Luò yáng shì in Henan province 河南 Hé nán 澗西區
清涧县 Qīng jiàn Xiàn Qingjian County in Yulin 榆林 Yú lín [Yú​lín], Shaanxi清澗縣
南涧彝族自治县 Nán jiàn yí zú Zì zhì xiàn Nanjian Yizu autonomous county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu [Dà​lǐ​Bái​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan南澗彞族自治縣

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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