儉 (jiǎn)
frugal/thrifty
How 儉 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 儉
- Simplified
- 俭
Common words using 儉
- 勤儉 qínjiǎn
- hardworking and frugal
- 節儉 jiéjiǎn
- frugal; economical
- 儉朴 jiǎnpǔ
- plain and unadorned; thrifty and simple
- 克勤克儉 kèqínkèjiǎn
- to be industrious and frugal (idiom)
- 勤工儉學 qíngōngjiǎnxué
- to work part time while studying; work-study program
- 省吃儉用 shěngchījiǎnyòng
- to live frugally; to economize on food and clothing; to scrimp and save
- 儉學 jiǎnxué
- to deny oneself comforts in order to save money for one's education
- 儉用 jiǎnyòng
- to skimp; to be frugal
- 儉省 jiǎnshěng
- thrifty; sparing; economical
儉 in a sentence
老人家通常比較節儉。
Lǎorénjiā tōngcháng bǐjiào jiéjiǎn.
“Older people are usually more frugal.”
How common is 儉?
儉 is the 2,885th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.1% of all running text.
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