俭 — Chinese character
俭
jiǎn
temperate, frugal, economical
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亻 佥
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 佥
- Traditional
- 儉
Common words with 俭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 节俭 (節儉) | jié jiǎn | frugal; economical |
| 勤俭 (勤儉) | qín jiǎn | hardworking and frugal |
| 勤工俭学 (勤工儉學) | qín gōng jiǎn xué | to work part-time while studying; work-study program |
| 省吃俭用 (省吃儉用) | shěng chī jiǎn yòng | (idiom) to live frugally |
| 勤俭节约 (勤儉節約) | qín jiǎn jié yuē | (idiom) diligent and thrifty |
| 俭朴 (儉樸) | jiǎn pǔ | thrifty and simple |
| 克俭 (克儉) | kè jiǎn | thrifty; frugal |
| 俭约 (儉約) | jiǎn yuē | frugal; economical; thrifty |
| 勤俭持家 (勤儉持家) | qín jiǎn chí jiā | hardworking and thrifty in running one's household |
| 克勤克俭 (克勤克儉) | kè qín kè jiǎn | (idiom) industrious and frugal |
| 俭省 (儉省) | jiǎn shěng | thrifty; economical; sparing |
| 俭用 (儉用) | jiǎn yòng | to economize; to be frugal |
English words written with 俭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.