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堅

jiān

firm, solid

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 臤 represents the sound.

Components
臤 sound component

臤  Sound component

qiān

  

to gouge out an eye

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

堅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
堅 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
堅 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
堅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
堅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

坚 (堅) 

jiān

hard, strong, firm; resolute; strong; solid; firm; unyielding

Most common words with 堅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

坚持

to persevere with

坚强

staunch

坚决

firm

坚定

firm

坚信

to believe firmly

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

慳

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

慳 鰹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤi[ŋ]

ken

jiān

solid, strong


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 52.9233% of movies

841st most common character in movies

748th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

坚

Unicode

U+5805

Shuowen

“堅，剛也。从臤，从土。”


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