Read Edit View history Discussion 慳 qiān miserly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Having a hard 堅 heart 忄; 堅 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 悭 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 慳 Simp strokes 慳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 慳 Simp strokes 慳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 慳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 125, 519 ], [ 119, 441 ], [ 93, 345 ] ], [ [ 264, 578 ], [ 330, 538 ], [ 348, 510 ] ], [ [ 198, 795 ], [ 223, 775 ], [ 245, 745 ], [ 237, 599 ], [ 235, 368 ], 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298 Q 714 302 657 278 L 597 259 Q 549 246 496 239 Q 459 230 486 215 Q 520 197 597 211 L 651 225 Z", "M 638 82 Q 650 221 651 225 L 657 278 Q 657 281 658 283 Q 659 290 663 299 Q 673 315 661 327 Q 633 351 609 358 Q 596 361 584 351 Q 580 345 584 336 Q 596 318 597 259 L 597 211 Q 597 148 598 77 C 598 47 635 52 638 82 Z", "M 598 77 Q 489 64 362 48 Q 340 47 356 27 Q 372 11 391 5 Q 415 -1 432 4 Q 586 43 882 44 Q 898 44 915 43 Q 937 42 943 52 Q 950 65 931 80 Q 874 123 832 115 Q 759 102 638 82 L 598 77 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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