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jiàn

Meanings

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jiàn
  1. 1.healthy
  2. 2.to invigorate
  3. 3.to strengthen
  4. 4.to be good at
  5. 5.to be strong in

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.strong; robust; vigorous
  2. 2.healthy; in good health
  3. 3.adeptly; energetically
  4. 4.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡans): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans). Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)aː(r/l) (“solid, congealed, frozen, viscous, strong”), and cognate with Burmese ခဲ (hkai:, “to freeze”) (STEDT).

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