悭(qiān)

10 strokesTrad. 慳

stingy

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Character information

Pinyin
qiān
Meaning
stingy
Strokes
10
HSK level
—
Traditional
慳

Origin & structure

Where 悭 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰忄坚

Having a hard 坚 heart 忄; 坚 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

忄xīn坚jiān

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 慳: Having a hard 堅 heart 忄; 堅 also provides the pronunciation

How to write 悭 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 悭

Common words using 悭 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qiān悭jiǎn俭

miserly; stingy

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qiān悭lìn吝

(literary) miserly; stingy

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Related characters

From 悭’s common words

俭吝

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