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悭
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parsimonious

HSK 10
Human →Emotions
qiān
ケン、カン
おし.む
간
Having a hard 堅 heart 忄; 堅 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (慳)
忄 heart (side)+ 堅 firm =
慳 parsimonious
忄 Meaning component
xin heart (side)
heart
堅 Meaning component
firm
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Simplified (悭)
忄 heart (side)+ 坚 hard =
悭 miserly
忄 Meaning component
xin heart (side)
heart
坚 Meaning component
jiān hard
hard, strong, firm
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Notes
Similar Characters
忆 reflect (simp)忉 distressed忏 sins (simp)忕 habit忖 suppose忙 busy忡 a sad忤 insubordinate忧 grieved (simp)忪 tranquil快 fast忭 delighted忮 perverse忱 truth忸 blush忻 delightful忾 hatred (simp)怀 bosom (iii) (simp)怃 disappointed (simp)怄 annoyed (simp)
Chinese
悭 / 慳 [qiān]
stingy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
悭吝 [qiān​lìn] #62,208
(literary) miserly
悭俭 [qiān​jiǎn]
to be frugal
知悭识俭 [zhī​qiān​shí​jiǎn]
to know how to be economical (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
邪険 [じゃけん] #15,530
cruel
突慳貪 [つっけんどん] #121,905
blunt
倹吝 [けんりん] #254,690
greedy and stingy