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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
temperate, frugal, economical

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

person

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻僉

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎn .

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Words with jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
节俭 jié jiǎn frugal節儉
勤俭 qínjiǎn hardworking and frugal勤儉
省吃俭用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng to live frugally省吃儉用
勤工俭学 qín gōng jiǎn xué work-study program勤工儉學
jiǎn frugal jiǎn
俭省 jiǎn shěng thrifty儉省
勤俭持家 qín jiǎn chí jiā hardworking and thrifty in running one's household勤儉持家
勤俭节约 qín jiǎn jié yuē diligent and thrifty (idiom)勤儉節約
俭朴 jiǎn pǔ plain and unadorned儉朴
勤俭建国 qín jiǎn jiàn guó to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)勤儉建國
克勤克俭 kè qín kè jiǎn to be industrious and frugal (idiom)克勤克儉
温良恭俭让 wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng kindhearted and moderate (idiom); temperate and gentle溫良恭儉讓
省俭 shěng jiǎn frugal省儉

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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