Chinese symbol for “preserves”
饯
jiàn
Traditional: 餞
farewell dinner; preserves
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preserves is 饯 (jiàn), defined as: farewell dinner; preserves.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 饯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜜饯 (蜜餞) | mì jiàn | food preserved in sugar or honey |
| 饯行 (餞行) | jiàn xíng | to give a farewell dinner |
| 饯别 (餞別) | jiàn bié | to give a farewell dinner |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preserves”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.