jiǎn

lame

jiǎn
lame
(bound form) having a limp or being unable to walk properly; crippled
difficult
(bound form) hard or unfortunate; used to describe a difficult situation or life path
slow
(bound form) sluggish or halting, especially in speech or writing style
nag
(bound form) an inferior horse or a donkey
Jian (surname)
a Chinese surname
Jian (hexagram)
the 39th hexagram of the 易经 yì​jīng, representing obstruction or difficulty
[introductory]
(literary) a meaningless introductory particle used at the beginning of a phrase in classical poetry
arrogant
(literary) haughty or proud; showing disdain

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Frequency

Character
Written text
5,073rd most common 0.884 per million
Word
Written text
1.01 per million

Details

Strokes
17
Unicode
U+8E47

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