楗

楗 · jiàn

bar of door, bolt of lock

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jiàn
Cantonese
gin6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bar of door, bolt of lock

Dictionary definitions & readings

楗 jiàn · material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21240.020:jiàn,jiǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0558.010:jiàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
166.020:jiàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jiàn粵gin2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケン ガン ゴン かんぬき Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
건:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
其偃 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
DNKQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4594.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0539.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
280.33 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0249h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6957
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7333

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
楗
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gjonX · 其偃 · 山開三上元群 · #1519

PHONO-ML, source line 10344; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
708.403
kDaeJaweon
0927.040
kGSR
0249h
kHanYu
21240.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0927.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21240.020
kIRGKangXi
0539.180
kKangXi
0539.180
kMatthews
856
kMorohashi
15136 15136:E0101
kSBGY
280.33
kSMSZD2003Index
325.02
kCangjie
DNKQ
kFourCornerCode
4594.4
kMojiJoho
MJ014198 MJ014198:E0101 MJ014199:E0102
kPhonetic
620
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6925
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DDD4
kIRG_JSource
J13-7575
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CED8
kIRG_KSource
K0-4B71
kIRG_TSource
T2-435A
kRSUnicode
75.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
DDD4
kCCCII
223E5F
kCNS1986
2-435A
kCNS1992
2-435A
kEACC
223E5F
kGB0
7305
kGB1
7305
kJIS0213
1,85,85
kJis1
3638
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7333
kTaiwanTelegraph
2803
kXerox
311:303
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14647+75.4.9
kCantonese
gin6
kDefinition
bar of door, bolt of lock
kFanqie
其偃
kHangul
건:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21240.020:jiàn,jiǎn
kJapanese
ケン ガン ゴン かんぬき
kJapaneseKun
KANNUKI
kJapaneseOn
KEN GON
kKorean
KEN
kMandarin
jiàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiàn粵gin2
kTGHZ2013
166.020:jiàn
kXHC1983
0558.010:jiàn

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 楗0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
木 beside 建 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰木建$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木建$(GHTJKP)

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