蹇

蹇 · jiǎn

lame, crippled; unlucky; hexagram ䷦

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jiǎn
Cantonese
gin2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

lame, crippled; unlucky; hexagram ䷦

Dictionary definitions & readings

蹇 Jiǎn · surname Jian

蹇 jiǎn · lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63731.050:jiǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0550.020:jiǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
165.020:jiǎn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jiǎn粵gin2,zin2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケン コン あしなえ なやむ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
건:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
kiễng Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
居偃 九輦 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JTCO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3080.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1230.400 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
280.31 291.42 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0143f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E47
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6298

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
蹇
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
kjonX · 居偃 · 山開三上元見 · #1518
Middle Chinese
kjenX · 九輦 · 山開三上仙見 · #1628

PHONO-ML, source line 10342; 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
1293.301
kCowles
1662
kDaeJaweon
1702.400
kFennIndex
60.09
kGSR
0143f
kHanYu
63731.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1702.400
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63731.050
kIRGKangXi
1230.400
kKangXi
1230.400
kMatthews
843
kMeyerWempe
1150c
kMorohashi
37741
kNelson
1343
kSBGY
280.31 291.42
kSMSZD2003Index
679.11 172.15
kCangjie
JTCO
kFenn
100K
kFourCornerCode
3080.1
kMojiJoho
MJ025392
kPhonetic
501
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-653F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EEBF
kIRG_JSource
J0-6D21
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CEDB
kIRG_KSource
K0-4B74
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F6B
kIRG_VSource
V1-685A
kRSUnicode
157.10
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EEBF
kCCCII
233A24
kCNS1986
2-5F6B
kCNS1992
2-5F6B
kEACC
233A24
kGB0
6931
kGB1
6931
kJis0
7701
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6456
kTGH
2013:6298
kTaiwanTelegraph
6456
kXerox
275:241
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6816+40.3.14 C+6816+157.7.10
kCantonese
gin2
kDefinition
lame, crippled; unlucky; hexagram ䷦
kFanqie
居偃 九輦
kHangul
건:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63731.050:jiǎn
kJapanese
ケン コン あしなえ なやむ
kJapaneseKun
ASHINAE NAYAMU
kJapaneseOn
KEN
kKorean
KEN
kMandarin
jiǎn
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiǎn粵gin2,zin2
kTGHZ2013
165.020:jiǎn
kTang
kiæ̌n
kVietnamese
kiễng
kXHC1983
0550.020:jiǎn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
8dictionary records using 蹇0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𡨄 above 足 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱𡨄足$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𡨄足$(GHTJKPV)

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