慳

慳 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心尸水土 (PSEG), four-corner 9701₄, composition ⿰忄堅)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11140
• Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2345, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6173

慳

1. stingy; miserly
2. stingy person; miser
3. (Cantonese) to save; to economize

   慳錢／悭钱 [Cantonese]  ―  haan¹ cin^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to save money

   慳水／悭水 [Cantonese]  ―  haan¹ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  to conserve water

   唔好咁慳啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好咁悭啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ hou² gam³ haan¹ laa¹. [Jyutping]

   Don't try so much to economize.

   使唔使慳成噉呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   使唔使悭成噉呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   sai² m⁴ sai² haan¹ sing⁴ gam² aa³? [Jyutping]

   Is economizing to that extent really necessary?

4. (Cantonese, by extension) to have less strange ideas; to stop dreaming

   慳啲啦你！／悭啲啦你！ [Cantonese]  ―  haan¹ di¹ laa¹ nei⁵! [Jyutping]  ―  You'd better give it up!

• “慳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: おしむ (oshimu, 慳む)

慳 (eumhun 아낄 간 (akkil gan))

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• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 慳

慳: Hán Việt readings: khan, san
慳: Nôm readings: ghen, khan, khiên, kiên

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