Radical
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
jiàn
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Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
9 strokes
Mandarin
jiàn

Definitions by reading

zing3
Mandarin equivalent jiàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zind3 Chaoyang zing3 Chenghai zing3 Jieyang zêng3 Raoping zing3 Shantou zing3
牮 <动>
斜着支撑 [prop up obliquely]。如:打牮拨正(房屋倾斜,用柱子支起弄正)
用土石挡水 [keep off water with mud and stone]。亦指土石构筑的挡水的设施
以土石遮水亦曰牮。――《字汇》                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
牮jiàn

⒈斜着支撑,用柱子支撑倾斜了的房屋:打~拨正。

⒉用土石等挡水。
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English meaning

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