jiān narrow; small


Used as component in : qián Made up of [ spear radical 62]; qiǎn
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 5 strokes.
Originally comprised of two spears, now one spear is suggested by a single extra stroke.

Related characters


Also uses component: chéng (to succeed) dài (to respect) ; huò (maybe) ; (I (me)) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (martial) ; zài (to carry) ; zàng (treasury) ; zhàn (to fight) ; zhǎo (to try to find)

Sounds same

jiān (difficult) ; jiān (between)

Different tone

jiǎn (scissors) ; jiàn (healthy) ; jiàn (see) ; jiàn ; jiàn (to establish) ; jiàn (gap) ; jiàn (arrow)

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