Chinese Character Wiki
戋

jiān

small

Original meaning: 

kill

Simplified form of 戔. Depicts two weapons (戈) facing each other. Based on the original meaning "kill", now written as 殘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
戈 iconic component

戈  Iconic component

gē

  

spear

戈 iconic component

戈  Iconic component

gē

  

spear

Evolution

戋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
戋 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

戋 (戔) 

jiān

small, narrow, tiny, little; narrow; small

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

盏 贱

Sound component in 10 characters (5 verified)

线 钱 残 浅 盏 践 贱 栈 笺 饯

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6653rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

戔

Unicode

U+620B
Sources

何琳儀《戰國古文字典：戰國文字聲系》p.1042



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