健

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healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Someone 亻 who can build 建 things; 建 also provides the pronunciation

Components 亻建

healthy · Heisig RSH #817

人 person + 建 build

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
健美运动	jiàn měi yùn dòng	body-building
全民健保	Quán mín Jiàn bǎo	National Health Insurance (Tw) (abbr. for 全民健康保險\|全民健康保险[Quan2 min2 Jian4 kang1 Bao3 xian3]…
高行健	Gāo Xíng jiàn	Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山\|灵山
强身健体	qiáng shēn jiàn tǐ	to keep fit and healthy
力保健	Lì bǎo jiàn	Lipovitan (energy drink)
健步如飞	jiàn bù rú fēi	running as fast as flying
全民健康保险	Quán mín Jiàn kāng Bǎo xiǎn	National Health Insurance (Tw)
大江健三郎	Dà jiāng Jiàn sān láng	Oe Kenzaburo (1935-) Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel laureate
运动健将	yùn dòng jiàn jiàng	champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China base…
健身房	jiàn shēn fáng	gym; fitness club
精神健康	jīng shén jiàn kāng	mental health
周华健	Zhōu Huá jiàn	Wakin Chau (1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor
健儿	jiàn ér	top athlete; heroic warrior
健康食品	jiàn kāng shí pǐn	health food
健行	jiàn xíng	(Tw) to hike
有氧健身操	yǒu yǎng jiàn shēn cāo	aerobics
健力	jiàn lì	powerlifting
健身室	jiàn shēn shì	gym
性健康	xìng jiàn kāng	sexual health
健美	jiàn měi	healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises; abbr. for 健美運動\|健美运动[jian4 mei3 yun4 dong4]