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践

jiàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 踐

What 践 means

1. to fulfill (a promise)
2. to tread
3. to walk

Example sentences

• 实践出真知。
  Shíjiàn chū zhēnzhī.
  Experience brings wisdom.
• 不要践踏草地。
  Bù yào jiàntà cǎodì.
  Don't trample on the grass.
• 这个工作需要实践。
  This job calls for practice.
• 理论必须与实践相随。
  Lǐlùn bìxū yǔ shíjiàn xiāng suí.
  A theory must be followed by practice.
• 把想法付诸实践是困难的。
  Bǎ xiǎngfǎ fùzhū shíjiàn shì kùnnan de.
  Putting ideas into practice is difficult.
• 我们怎样才能将其付出实践？
  How can we put it into practice?

Words starting with 践

• 践踏jiàn tàto trample
• 践约jiàn yuēto keep a promise; to honor an agreement
• 践行jiàn xíngto carry out; to implement; to keep (one's word)

Words containing 践

• 实践shí jiànpractice; to put into practice; to live up to (a promise)
• 勾践Gōu JiànKing Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
• 作践zuò jiànto ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade
• 履践lǚ jiànto carry out (a task)
• 糟践zāo jianto waste; to spoil; to destroy
• 越王勾践Yuè Wáng Gōu JiànKing Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
• 实践是检验真理的唯一标准shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔnActual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth…

Characters built on 戋

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 浅qiǎnshallow; light (color)
• 贱jiàninexpensive; lowly; despicable
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 饯jiànfarewell dinner; preserves

Characters that look like 践

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

• 联lián(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…
• 跌diēto fall; to tumble; to trip
• 暇xiáleisure
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 眺tiàoto gaze into the distance
• 戟jǐhalberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade…

Sounds the same

Read jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 见to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 件item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 健healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 建to establish; to found; to set up
• 键key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 渐gradual; gradually
• 荐to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass
• 剑double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 鉴bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 舰warship
• 箭arrow
• 溅to splash