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柬

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card; note; letter; old variant of 揀|拣[jian3]

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
9
Radical
木 +5
Structure
Overlaid 叠加
Traditional
柬
Common rank
#4,010
Unicode
U+67EC

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Formation & memory

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How 柬 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bound 束 package

Components 束 八

Words with 柬

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WordPinyinMeaning
柬吴哥王朝 Jiǎn wú gē Wáng cháo Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
书柬 shū jiǎn variant of 書簡|书简[shu1 jian3]
请柬 qǐng jiǎn invitation card; written invitation
柬埔寨 Jiǎn pǔ zhài Cambodia

Sound family

These characters use 柬 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
柬 sound part jiǎn card, letter, invitation, note
练 liàn to drill, to exercise; to practice, to train
炼 liàn to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
阑 lán screen door, railing, fence
拣 jiǎn to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
谏 jiàn to admonish, to remonstrate
楝 liàn Melia japonica