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敛

liǎn, liàn

draw back

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 斂.

Components
攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

佥 sound component

佥  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

敛 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
敛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
敛 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
敛 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

敛 (斂) 

liǎn

draw back, fold back; collect; to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; Taiwan pr. [liàn]

敛 (斂) 

liàn

variant of 殮|殓[liàn]

Most common words with 敛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

收敛

to dwindle

敛

to hold back

敛财

to accumulate wealth

聚敛

to accumulate

收敛性

astringent

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

潋 蔹

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6178% of movies

3222nd most common character in movies

2925th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

斂

Unicode

U+655B


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