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饯

jiàn

Character Traditional 餞

What 饯 means

1. farewell dinner
2. preserves

Words starting with 饯

• 饯行jiàn xíngto give a farewell dinner
• 饯别jiàn biéto give a farewell dinner

Words containing 饯

• 蜜饯mì jiànfood preserved in sugar or honey

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
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 浅qiǎnshallow; light (color)
• 贱jiàninexpensive; lowly; despicable
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper

Characters that look like 饯

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 蚀shíto nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
• 栈zhàna wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 贱jiàninexpensive; lowly; despicable
• 饨túnused in 馄饨; Taiwan pr. dùn

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
• 践to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 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