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HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Weapons
jiān
セン、サン
잔, 전
Combination of two weapons (戈), based on the original meaning "kill", now written as 殘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
戈 halberd+ 戈 halberd =
戔 narrow
戈 Meaning component
gē halberd
halberd, spear, lance
戈 Meaning component
gē halberd
halberd, spear, lance
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
戋 / 戔 [jiān]
narrow; small
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
戋戋 [jiān​jiān]
small
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
須佐之男命 [すさのおのみこと] #116,437
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)