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Mythic Mandarin

节俭 (jié jiǎn): meaning and stroke order

节俭 (jié jiǎn) means frugal; economical.

节俭

Simplified
节俭
Traditional
節儉
Pinyin
jié jiǎn

Stroke order of 节俭

节

  • jiē see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
  • jié joint; node; (bound form) section; segment
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 節

Stroke by stroke

俭

  • jiǎn (bound form) frugal; thrifty
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 儉

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 节俭

  1. jié jiǎn Traditional 節儉
    • frugal; economical

Radicals of the characters

节
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 6 strokes
俭
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 9 strokes · 亻 on the left, 佥 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).