Chinese symbol for “tapering”
尖
jiān
pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tapering is 尖 (jiān), defined as: pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tapering”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tapering”.
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.