堅 (jiān)
Hard; solid; firm; strong.
How 堅 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 臣 — minister/official
- Traditional
- 堅
- Simplified
- 坚
Components
- 臣 minister/official
- 又 right hand
- 土 earth
Common words using 堅
- 堅強 jiānqiáng
- staunch; strong
- 堅持 jiānchí
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- 堅信 jiānxìn
- to believe firmly; without any doubt
- 堅守 jiānshǒu
- to hold fast to; to stick to
- 堅定 jiāndìng
- firm; steady; staunch
- 堅果 jiānguǒ
- nut
- 堅決 jiānjué
- firm; resolute; determined
- 堅硬 jiānyìng
- hard; solid
- 堅韌 jiānrèn
- tough and durable; tenacious
- 中堅 zhōngjiān
- core; nucleus; backbone
- 堅不可摧 jiānbùkěcuī
- invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
- 堅固 jiāngù
- firm; firmly; hard
堅 in a sentence
他堅持自己的意見。
Tā jiānchí zìjǐ de yìjiàn.
“He insists on his own opinion.”
How common is 堅?
堅 is the 747th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 84% of all running text.
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