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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
to splash
to sprinkle, to spray, to splash, to spill

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵贱

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jiàn

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Example sentences using jiàn

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Bié ràng suān jiàn dào 手上.

Don't let the acid splash on your hand.

méi tiào 河里 shí ,发出 fā chū 溅泼 shēng .

There was a splash when May jumped into the river.

溅泼 zhāo 越过 yuè guò 小溪 xiǎo xī .

The horse splashed across the brook.

巨浪 jiàn zài 甲板 jiǎ bǎn shǎng .

Huge waves washed over the deck.

飞溅 fēi jiàn de 鲜血 xiān xuè Bái 桑树 sāng shù rǎn Chéng le shēn 紫色 zǐ sè .

The spurting blood turned the white mulberry tree into a dark purple.

Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiàn to splash jiàn
飞溅 fēi jiàn to splash飛濺
溅射 jiàn shè sputtering濺射

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiàn Decomposition

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