健 — Chinese character
健
jiàn
strong, robust, healthy; strength
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 亻 建
- Formation
- ideographic — Someone 亻 who can build 建 things; 建 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 健 as a kanji
Common words with 健
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | health; healthy |
| 健全 | jiàn quán | robust; sound |
| 保健 | bǎo jiàn | health protection; health care |
| 健身 | jiàn shēn | to exercise; to keep fit |
| 稳健 (穩健) | wěn jiàn | firm; stable and steady |
| 健身房 | jiàn shēn fáng | gym; fitness club |
| 健康状况 (健康狀況) | jiàn kāng zhuàng kuàng | health status |
| 强健 (強健) | qiáng jiàn | sturdy |
| 健壮 (健壯) | jiàn zhuàng | robust; healthy |
| 健美 | jiàn měi | healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises |
| 健在 | jiàn zài | (of an elderly person) alive and in good health; (of a thing) intact; holding up OK; still going strong |
| 健儿 (健兒) | jiàn ér | top athlete; heroic warrior |
English words written with 健
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.