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鲣

jiān

Character Traditional 鰹

What 鲣 means

1. bonito

Words containing 鲣

• 红鲣hóng jiānred mullet
• 褐鲣鸟hè jiān niǎo(bird species of China) brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
• 红脚鲣鸟hóng jiǎo jiān niǎo(bird species of China) red-footed booby (Sula sula)
• 蓝脸鲣鸟lán liǎn jiān niǎo(bird species of China) masked booby (Sula dactylatra)

Characters that look like 鲣

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

• 鲸jīngwhale
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 鲤lǐcarp
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves

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