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敛

liǎn

draw back, fold back; collect

Strokes
11
Radical
攴
HSK
7
Tone
3

Traditional form: 斂

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 日本人普遍很内敛。

    Rì běn rén pǔ biàn hěn nèi liǎn

    Japanese people are generally very reserved.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 敛

  • 收敛shōu liǎn 1–3 to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge