Radical
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
7
Mandarin
jiǎn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
7 strokes
Strokes
9 strokes
Mandarin
jiǎn

Definitions by reading

kiem6
Mandarin equivalent jiǎn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng kiam6 Chaoyang kiam6 Chenghai kiang6 Jieyang kiam6 Raoping kiam6 Shantou kiam6
jiǎn
①节省,不浪费:~省 | ~朴 | 勤~ | 克勤克~。
②贫乏,歉收:~月 | ~岁 | ~腹(腹中空虚,喻知识贫乏)。
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English meaning

temperate, frugal, economical

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
群母 三等 開口 鹽韵 上声 巨險切
Reconstruction:
Original

約也,少也,饑饉也;又,姓,出姓苑,巨險切,二。