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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
to check, to examine, to inspect

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木僉

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

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

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Words with jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
检查 jiǎnchá inspection檢查
检测 jiǎn cè to detect檢測
jiǎn to check jiǎn
检察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor檢察官
检验 jiǎnyàn to inspect檢驗
体检 tǐ jiǎn abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查 tǐ gé jiǎn chá [tǐ​gé​jiǎn​chá]體檢
检察 jiǎn chá to inspect檢察
检索 jiǎn suǒ to look up檢索
检察院 jiǎn chá yuàn prosecutor's office檢察院
检疫 jiǎn yì quarantine檢疫
安检 ān jiǎn safety check安檢
检讨 jiǎntǎo review檢討
纪检 jì jiǎn disciplinary inspection紀檢
检修 jiǎn xiū to overhaul檢修
检举 jiǎn jǔ to inform against sb檢舉
检查站 jiǎn chá zhàn checkpoint檢查站
质检 zhì jiǎn quarantine質檢
抽检 chōu jiǎn sampling抽檢
活检 huó jiǎn biopsy活檢
检查员 jiǎn chá yuán inspector檢查員
检阅 jiǎn yuè to inspect檢閱
药检 yào jiǎn drugs test (e.g. on athletes)藥檢
最高人民检察院 Zuì gāo Rén mín Jiǎn chá yuàn PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)最高人民檢察院

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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