jiān

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See also jiǎn, and jiàn

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jiān (form of jian1 with diacritic)

  1. :
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  3. :
  4. :
  5. , : hard, strong, firm; resolute
  6. : crafty, villainous, false, traitor
  7. : wrong, wicked, immoral; adultery, rape; debauchery; debauch
  8. :
  9. : sharp, pointed, acute, keen
  10. : shelter
  11. :
  12. , : small, narrow, tiny, little
  13. : shear
  14. :
  15. :
  16. : box; casket; letter; envelope
  17. : beam of a house
  18. : evergreen oak
  19. :
  20. : annihilate, wipe out, kill off
  21. : annihilate, wipe out, kill off
  22. : river in Shantung
  23. : shallow, not deep; superficial
  24. : gradually
  25. : wash, cleanse; purge
  26. :
  27. : name of a river in Henan
  28. : broad, ample, wide; be apart
  29. :
  30. :
  31. : fry in fat or oil; boil in water
  32. :
  33. : put out
  34. : memorandum, official note
  35. : a bullock; a fabulous monster
  36. :
  37. :
  38. :
  39. , : supervise, control, direct
  40. :
  41. :
  42. :
  43. , : note, memo; stationery; comments
  44. :
  45. : used as a surname
  46. : seal, close; bind; letter
  47. : fine silk
  48. : fine, delicate; minute; graceful
  49. : name of an emperor; saddle part
  50. : seal, close; bind; letter
  51. : fine silk
  52. : shoulders; to shoulder; bear
  53. , : difficult, hard; distressing
  54. : coarse grass, themedia forskali
  55. :
  56. :
  57. : reed, phragmites communis
  58. : valeriana villosa, climbing plant
  59. :
  60. :
  61. :
  62. , : pig of 3 years
  63. : carriage; high; wide; balcony; surname of the Yellow Emperor
  64. : francium
  65. :
  66. :
  67. :
  68. : ornamental hairpin
  69. :
  70. : interval, space; place, between
  71. : midpoint, space; place, locality
  72. :
  73. : a quiver on a horse; a store
  74. : saddle blanket
  75. :
  76. : saddle blanket
  77. :
  78. :
  79. :
  80. :
  81. : forelock, bangs
  82. :
  83. : big-mouthed flounder
  84. : a skipjack tuna, a bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis (Japanese); a great eel (Classical Chinese); a kind of shark
  85. : skipjack, bonito
  86. :
  87. :
  88. :
  89. : fabulous mythical bird
  90. : fabulous mythical bird
  91. :
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