jiàn

assume

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

person

朁 sound component

  Sound component

cǎn

  

if

Evolution

僭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
僭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiàn

assume, usurp; to usurp

Most common words with 僭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to usurp

僭越

to usurp

僭主政治

tyranny

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsˤ[i]m-s

tsemH

jiàn

err


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3820th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+50ED

Shuowen

“僭,假也。从人,朁聲。”


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