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犍

jiān

Character

What 犍 means

1. bullock
2. castrated bull
3. to castrate livestock

Other readings

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

• qiánused in {犍为|Qián wéi} (the name of a place in Sichuan)

Words starting with 犍

• 犍牛jiān niúbullock
• 犍为县Qián wéi XiànQianwei, a county in Leshan City 乐山市
• 犍陀罗Jiān tuó luóGandhara Kingdom in northwest India, c. 600 BC-11 AD, on Kabul River in Vale of Peshawar
• 犍为Qián wéisee 犍为县

Characters built on 建

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

• 健jiànhealthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 键jiànkey (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 腱jiàntendon; sinew
• 毽jiànshuttlecock
• 踺jiànused in 踺子

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机