佥

僉
qiān
adverb

Meanings

  1. 1 all; everyone; in unison (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qiān yuē kě.
Everyone said yes.

Tips

history
佥 (simplified from 僉) meant 'all / in unison' in classical Chinese and is not used alone today. It lives on as the phonetic in 签 (to sign), 检 (to inspect), 脸 (face), 剑 (sword), and 验 (to test).

Components

ideograph
佥 qiān
all; in unison
Treated as one unit in the simplified form. The fuller traditional 僉 stacked a 'gather' top over two 'mouth' and two 'person' elements to picture a crowd speaking together; the simplified shape no longer maps to those parts.

Filed under radical 人 (rén, #9) by convention. 人 is not a separate component in 佥, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

佥 qiān