jiān

hold on to one's own views

Evolution

䌠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

jiān

hold on to one's own views, to keep the mouth shut, stingy; miserly; niggardly; parsimonious

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+4320

Shuowen

“,監持意,口閉也。从欠,緘聲。”


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