jiān

a bullock

Components
牛 meaning component

  Meaning component

niú

  

cow

ox

建 sound component

  Sound component

jiàn

  

build

Evolution

犍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
犍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiān

a bullock; a fabulous monster; bullock; castrated bull; to castrate livestock

Most common words with 犍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bullock

犍为

Qianwei county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Lè​shān], Sichuan

犍为县

Qianwei county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Lè​shān], Sichuan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5551st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+728D

Shuowen

“犍,犗牛也。从牛,建聲。亦郡名。”


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