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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
cheap, low, mean, worthless

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Costing little  jiān money  bèi jiān also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

貝戔

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Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiàn lowly jiàn
贱人 jiàn rén slut賤人
贱货 jiàn huò bitch賤貨
下贱 xià jiàn humble下賤
卑贱 bēi jiàn lowly卑賤
贵贱 guì jiàn noble and lowly貴賤
贱卖 jiàn mài sacrifice賤賣
贱民 jiàn mín untouchable賤民
贫贱 pín jiàn poor and lowly貧賤
贱骨头 jiàn gǔ tou miserable wretch賤骨頭
贱内 jiàn nèi my wife (humble)賤內
淫贱 yín jiàn wanton淫賤
微贱 wēi jiàn humble微賤
贫贱不能移 pín jiàn bù néng yí not shaken by poverty貧賤不能移
鄙贱 bǐ jiàn lowly鄙賤
亲疏贵贱 qīn shū guì jiàn all possible relations親疏貴賤
贵古贱今 guì gǔ jiàn jīn to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)貴古賤今
贵远贱近 guì yuǎn jiàn jìn to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)貴遠賤近

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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