僭 — Chinese character
僭
jiàn
to assume, to usurp
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 亻 朁
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 朁
- Japanese
- 僭 as a kanji
Common words with 僭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僭主 | jiàn zhǔ | tyrant; usurper |
| 僭主政治 | jiàn zhǔ zhèng zhì | tyranny; government by usurper |
| 僭称 (僭稱) | jiàn chēng | to give sb or sth a title one has no authority to give |
| 僭越 | jiàn yuè | to usurp; to overstep one's authority |
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.