Chinese

健康

jiànkāng
healthy (free from disease or disorder); good; well
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3

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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康 “peaceful and happy; tranquil”
    • ideaChinese庚 “age”
    • ideaChinese米 “hulled or husked uncooked rice (Classifier: 粒 m c mn; 顆／颗 m)”

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