frugal / thrifty / needy

= + : General Fu Qian (佥) is a very rich and respected general, but he still lives very frugal (俭). To amuse himself he merely visits the anthill's bar (an3) and puts one arm around Joan of Arc (ji) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) respectively.

俭 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
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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.

Characters with 俭 as component

俭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 俭

thrifty / sparing / economical
plain and unadorned / thrifty and simple
hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
to deny oneself comforts in order to save money for one's education
to skimp / to be frugal
sparing / economical
thrifty and plain
lit. empty belly / hollow / vacuous / devoid of content
to lack the necessities of life
thrift / economy
to be industrious and frugal (idiom)
hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
hardworking, thrifty, plain, and honest (idiom)
hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
wastage makes one destitute (idiom)
frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
frugality makes honesty (idiom)

Sentences with 俭

俭 currently does not appear in any sentence.