The 僉 family
僉 · qiān · ㄑㄧㄢ — all
Know 僉 and the readings of 6 more characters follow: 險、驗、檢、簽、劍、撿. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 險xiǎn · ㄒㄧㄢˇ部首 阝 耳朵旁 · mounddanger; dangerous65%
- 驗yàn · ㄧㄢˋ部首 馬 · horseto examine; to test65%
- 檢jiǎn · ㄐㄧㄢˇ部首 木 · treeto check; to examine65%
- 簽qiān · ㄑㄧㄢ部首 竹 · bambooto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document87%
- 劍jiàn · ㄐㄧㄢˋ部首 刂 立刀旁 · knifedouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword65%
- 撿jiǎn · ㄐㄧㄢˇ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto pick up; to collect; to gather65%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 僉 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 僉 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 69%.
Words this family builds
- 危險
- 檢查
- 經驗
- 保險
- 冒險
- 實驗室
- 實驗
- 簽名
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