敛

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(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. [lian4]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 meaning “strike” + 佥 sound ( qiān )

Components 佥攵

restrain · Heisig RSH #2859

hootenanny + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
收敛级数	shōu liǎn jí shù	convergent series (math.)
征敛无度	zhēng liǎn wú dù	to extort taxes excessively
收敛性	shōu liǎn xìng	convergence (math.); astringent
收敛序列	shōu liǎn xù liè	convergent sequence (math.)
横征暴敛	héng zhēng bào liǎn	to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
敛巴	liǎn ba	(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
内敛	nèi liǎn	introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
收敛	shōu liǎn	to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arroga…
敛步	liǎn bù	(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
敛钱	liǎn qián	to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
暴敛	bào liǎn	to overtax; to extort
锋芒内敛	fēng máng nèi liǎn	to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
征敛	zhēng liǎn	to extort taxes
敛财	liǎn cái	to accumulate wealth; to rake in money
收敛锋芒	shōu liǎn fēng máng	to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
聚敛	jù liǎn	to gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous m…
敛迹	liǎn jì	to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (f…
裒敛无厌	póu liǎn wú yàn	to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder (idiom)
敛衽	liǎn rèn	old-fashioned women's obeisance; Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]

Characters sharing the sound component 佥 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
佥 sound part	qiān	all, together, unanimous
脸	liǎn	face, cheek; reputation
险	xiǎn	narrow pass, strategic point
检	jiǎn	to check, to examine, to inspect
验	yàn	to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
剑	jiàn	sword, dagger, saber
签	qiān	to sign, to endorse; a note, a slip of paper
俭	jiǎn	temperate, frugal, economical
睑	jiǎn	eyelid
捡	jiǎn	to pick up, to gather, to collect
殓	liàn	to dress a corpse for burial
硷	jiǎn	alkaline, alkali, lye, salt
莶	xiān	vine
猃	xiǎn	long-snouted dog
裣	liǎn	draw one's hands into sleeve