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健

jiàn
adjective #5,019

Meanings

  1. 1 healthy; strong
  2. 2 to strengthen; to invigorate

Examples

祝你身体健康！
Zhù nǐ shēntǐ jiànkāng!
Wishing you good health!
他在健身房锻炼。
Tā zài jiànshēnfáng duànliàn.
He exercises at the gym.
健全的制度很重要。
Jiànquán de zhìdù hěn zhòngyào.
A sound system is important.

Tips

usage
健 is used in: 健康 (healthy), 健身 (fitness/workout), 健身房 (gym), 健全 (sound/robust), 健壮 (strong/sturdy). It conveys physical strength and well-being.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person (radical)
Left person radical — the side-stacking variant of 人. Anchors 健 in human-quality words alongside 佳 (fine), 优 (excellent), 俊 (handsome). Marks the strength/health described as a property of a person, not a thing — a body that holds itself up well.
phonetic
建 jiàn
build; establish
Right 建 supplies the sound jiàn exactly and adds a useful semantic flavour: a person who is solidly built, well-constructed, soundly established in body. Same phonetic family: 键 (jiàn, key), 腱 (jiàn, tendon), 毽 (jiàn, shuttlecock). All share the perfect jiàn rime.

Stroke Order

健 jiàn