蹇 — Chinese character
蹇
jiǎn
lame, crippled; nag, donkey; slow, difficult
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 157 ⾜ (Foot)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 宀 足
- Formation
- pictophonetic — foot; meaning component 足; sound component 宀
- Japanese
- 蹇 as a kanji
Common words with 蹇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时乖命蹇 (時乖命蹇) | shí guāi mìng jiǎn | bad times, adverse fate (idiom) |
| 蹇修 | jiǎn xiū | (literary) matchmaker |
| 蹇拙 | jiǎn zhuō | clumsy (writing); awkward |
| 蹇滞 (蹇滯) | jiǎn zhì | awkward; ominous |
| 蹇涩 (蹇澀) | jiǎn sè | awkward; lame |
| 蹇运 (蹇運) | jiǎn yùn | misfortune; bad luck |
蹇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 7 · Zhuangzi 6
- Hexagram 39
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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.