敛(liǎn): (literary) to hold back
(literary) to hold back
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- liǎn
- Meaning
- (literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. [lian4]
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- 斂
Origin & structure
Where 敛 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 敛 step by step
11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 敛
Common words using 敛 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
shōu收liǎn敛
HSK 7-9to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one'…
Open 收敛 page →jù聚liǎn敛
to gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulou…
Open 聚敛 page →to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
Open 横征暴敛 page →Related characters
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