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菅

jiān

Character

What 菅 means

1. (grass)
2. Themeda forsbali

Words starting with 菅

• 菅原Jiān yuánSugawara (Japanese surname)
• 菅直人Jiān Zhí rénKAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2010-2011

Words containing 菅

• 草菅人命cǎo jiān rén mìngto have disregard for human life (idiom)

Characters that look like 菅

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

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