Keyword
to collect
- to extort
- Frequency
- #2996
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
liǎn
Mnemonic
攵 (strike) gives the meaning and 佥 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
收敛
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
敛财
to accumulate wealth; to rake in money
内敛
introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
敛
(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. liàn
聚敛
to gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent
暴敛
to overtax; to extort
横征暴敛
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
收敛性
convergence (math.); astringent
敛迹
to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (from view)