腆 tiǎn good
good; strong
怎么记住“腆”: 月 meat + 典 reference book = good. The farmer's son eats a plate of meat and studies a thick reference book every night, and his proud mother says he is growing up good.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
腆 = 月 meat + 典 reference book
- 月 meat meaning
- 典 reference book sound
- 𠀃 frame
- 一 one
- ⿰丨丨 eye on end
- 八 eight
The farmer's son eats a plate of meat and studies a thick reference book every night, and his proud mother says he is growing up good.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the reference book the sound; the word first meant a rich and plentiful meal.
用法
- Mostly bound in 腼腆 (miǎntiǎn) shy, bashful: its main modern home.
- On its own it can mean to stick out/thrust forward: 腆着肚子 (tiǎnzhe dùzi) to strut with belly stuck out, a vivid, colloquial image.