Chinese

健全

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
healthy; sound; able-bodied
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese健 “strong; robust; vigorous”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese建 “to build; to construct; to erect”
      • ideaChinese廴 “to stride”
      • ideaChinese聿 “original form of 筆／笔 (bǐ, “writing brush; pencil”)”
  • characterChinese全 “pure jade”
    • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
    • ideaChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”

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