尖 — Chinese character
尖
jiān
sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Radical
- 42 ⼩ (Small)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 小 大
- Formation
- ideographic — A point, small 小 over big 大
- Japanese
- 尖 as a kanji
Common words with 尖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尖锐 (尖銳) | jiān ruì | sharp; intense |
| 顶尖 (頂尖) | dǐng jiān | peak; apex |
| 尖叫 | jiān jiào | to screech; to shriek |
| 尖端 | jiān duān | sharp pointed end; the tip |
| 尖峰 | jiān fēng | sharp peak (landform); (fig.) peak |
| 指尖 | zhǐ jiān | fingertip |
| 舌尖 | shé jiān | tip of tongue; apical |
| 尖头 (尖頭) | jiān tóu | pointed end; tip |
| 脚尖 (腳尖) | jiǎo jiān | the extremity of the foot |
| 尖塔 | jiān tǎ | spire; minaret |
| 拔尖 | bá jiān | top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front |
| 尖顶 (尖頂) | jiān dǐng | pointed object; cusp |
English words written with 尖
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.