jiàn
piece
Depicts a person (亻) cutting a cow (牛) into pieces.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jiàn
numerary adjunct for article; matter; item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
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