jiàn
Traditional: 檻
槛 (jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “banister; balustrade; cage for animal or prisoner”.
Meanings
- 1banister
- 2balustrade
- 3cage for animal or prisoner
- 4to transport caged prisoner on a cart
Related words
门槛doorstep槛door sill下槛(architecture) doorsill云窗雾槛cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds朱云折槛(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly核门槛nuclear threshold槛花笼鹤a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner槛车cart with cage, used to escort prisoner笼槛cage (for animals)笼鸟槛猿bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner踏破门槛to wear out the doorstep (idiom)轩槛railings of a balcony