jiǎn

lame

Components
宀 sound component

  Sound component

mián

  

roof

足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

foot

Evolution

蹇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹇 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蹇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蹇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiǎn

lame, crippled; unlucky; lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse

 

Jiǎn

surname Jian

Most common words with 蹇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

lame

时乖命蹇

bad times, adverse fate (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5073rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+8E47

Shuowen

“蹇,跛也。从足,寒省聲。”


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