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慊

qiàn

Character

What 慊 means

1. dissatisfied

Other readings

慊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiècontented

Characters built on 兼

These share the phonetic component 兼 (jiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 谦qiānmodest
• 蒹jiānreed
• 鹣jiānmythical bird with one eye and one wing; see also 鲽鹣
• 缣jiānthick waterproof silk

Sounds the same

Read qiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 歉to apologize; to regret; deficient
• 欠to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
• 嵌to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān
• 倩pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help
• 茜(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 纤boatman's tow-rope
• 堑(bound form) moat; chasm
• 芡Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
• 皘white
• 篟luxuriant growth of bamboo
• 蒨luxuriant growth
• 椠wooden tablet; edition