Chinese Character Wiki
臤

qiān

to gouge out an eye

Depicts a hand (又) gouging an eye (臣).

Components
臣 iconic component

臣  Iconic component

chén

  

minister

Depicts an eye.

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Evolution

臤 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
臤 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
臤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

臤  

qiān

hard; wise

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

豎

Sound component in 6 characters (4 verified)

紧 緊 坚 堅 賢 腎

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

紧 坚

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+81E4

Shuowen

“臤，堅也。从又，臣聲。讀若‘鏗鏘’之‘鏗’。古文以為賢字。”


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