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斂

liǎn, liàn

draw back

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components
攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

僉 sound component

僉  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

斂 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斂 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 斂
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 1 character (0 verified)

蘞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r][a]mʔ

ljemX

liǎn

gather

*[r][a]m-s

ljemH

liàn

dress a corpse


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

17

Simplified

敛

Unicode

U+6582

Shuowen

“斂，收也。从攴，僉聲。”


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