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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
warship

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

zhōu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

ship

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

舟監

Semantic compound

zhōu

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhōu represents the meaning and jiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiàn .

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Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiàn warship jiàn
舰队 jiàn duì fleet艦隊
战舰 zhàn jiàn battleship戰艦
旗舰 qí jiàn flagship旗艦
舰长 jiàn zhǎng commander艦長
军舰 jūn jiàn warship軍艦
舰艇 jiàntǐng warship艦艇
驱逐舰 qū zhú jiàn destroyer (warship)驅逐艦
航空母舰 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier航空母艦
舰船 jiàn chuán warship艦船
巡洋舰 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship)巡洋艦
护卫舰 hù wèi jiàn corvette護衛艦
战列舰 zhàn liè jiàn battleship戰列艦
舰只 jiàn zhī warship艦隻
反舰导弹 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile反艦導彈
舰载机 jiàn zài jī carrier-based aircraft艦載機
舰载 jiàn zài ship-based艦載
舰桥 jiàn qiáo bridge艦橋
运输舰 yùn shū jiàn transport ship運輸艦
炮舰 pào jiàn gunboat砲艦
船舰 chuán jiàn navy vessel船艦

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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