(jiàn)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad.

inexpensive

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
jiàn
Meaning
inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰贝戋

Costing little 戋 money 贝; 戋 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : Costing little 戔 money 貝; 戔 also provides the pronunciation

How to write step by step

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

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Words with

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

xiàjiàn

humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible

Open 下贱 page →
jiàn

lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive

Open 低贱 page →
bēijiàn

lowly; mean and low

Open 卑贱 page →
zuǐjiàn

prone to saying sth inappropriate or offensive

Open 嘴贱 page →
shǒujiàn

(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of

Open 手贱 page →

close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone

Open 亲疏贵贱 page →
pínjiàn

poor and lowly

Open 贫贱 page →

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