qiān

together

Simplified form of . Depicts multiple people () opening their mouths () to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".

Components
亼 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

to assemble

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

口 iconic,simplified component

  Iconic Simplified component

kǒu

  

mouth

人 iconic,simplified component

  Iconic Simplified component

rén

  

person

Evolution

佥 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
佥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
佥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
佥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
佥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiān

all, together, unanimous; all

Component uses

Sound component in 15 characters (6 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5613th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+4F65


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