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Jiǎn

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Jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Jiǎn | Jian3
English translation
abbr. for 柬埔寨 Jiǎn pǔ zhài [Jiǎn pǔ zhài], Cambodia
card
note
letter
old variant of jiǎn
> jiǎn [jiǎn]
card, letter, invitation, note

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About Jiǎn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Jiǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

A bound  Shù package

Etymology of Jiǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

束八

Explanation

Two dots added to Shù (bind; bunch). Origin unclear.

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Example sentences using Jiǎn

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lòng dào le 一张首映 shǒu yìng 之夜 de 请柬 qǐngjiǎn

She had wangled an invitation to the opening night.

那天 nà tiān 下午 xiàwǔ 发出 fā chū le 远远 yuǎn yuǎn 不止 bùzhǐ 400 fèn 请柬 qǐngjiǎn

She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.

Words with Jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
柬埔寨 Jiǎn pǔ zhài Cambodia柬埔寨 Jiǎn pǔ zhài
请柬 qǐngjiǎn invitation card請柬
Jiǎn card Jiǎn

Jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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Jiǎn Compounds

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  • Jiǎn
    • lán
    • lán
      • lán
        • lán , lǎn , làn , lán , , , , ,
      • lǎn , lán , , , lán , lán , lán , lán , làn , , , lán , lán
    • liàn , liàn , jiǎn , liàn , liàn , jiàn , jiǎn , liàn , liàn , , , , jiǎn , , , jiàn , ,
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