to hold back / to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
variant of 殮|殓[lian4]

斂 character breakdown

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= + + : Mnemonic symbol: General 傅佥.

The Queen of Hearts wants to drive all the cats out of the anthill. Outside of it she put on a pointed cap, sprinkled some catnip and starts to play her flute like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. She plays and plays but no cats come out at all, just the General Fu Qian is attracted by the catnip.
variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).

Characters with 斂 as component

trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)
old variant of 奩|奁[lian2]
full of water / trough

Words with 斂

to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge
to accumulate wealth / to rake in money
convergence (math.) / astringent
to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
(dialect) to gather (sth)
to restrain motion / to check one's step
old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view)
to collect money / to raise funds (for charity)
to overtax / to extort
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent
to accumulate wealth without satisfaction / to continually plunder (idiom)
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
introverted / reserved / (artistic style) understated

Sentences with 斂

斂 currently does not appear in any sentence.