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jiàn
HSK 1freq #178

Meanings

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jiàn
  1. 1.to see
  2. 2.to meet
  3. 3.to appear (to be sth)
  4. 4.to interview
  5. 5.opinion
  6. 6.view
xiàn
  1. 1.to appear
  2. 2.also written 现[xiàn]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.present; current
  2. 2.to appear; to manifest; to become visible
  3. 3.on the spot; then and there
  4. 4.ready; on hand
  5. 5.cash
  6. 6.clear; plain; distinct

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡeːns): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns) — to appear. Stativized form of the transitive verb 見 (OC *keːns, “to see”), formed by a nasal prefix and expressing the sense "to be visible; to appear" (Mei, 2012).

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