堅
jiān

firm, solid

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 臤 represents the sound.

Components

臤
臤 Sound component
to gouge out an eye
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

鰹慳

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

慳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkenkˤi[ŋ] solid, strong

說文解字

《說文》：“堅，剛也。从臤，从土。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

坚 jiān firm, solid Simplified

Simplified form of 堅. Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 臤 represents the sound.

Components

𰀡
𰀡 Sound component
qiān to gouge out an eye
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

铿悭鲣

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

悭

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode