僵 jiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 畺 boundary, border
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
僵化
jiānghuà
to become rigid; to ossify
Characters in this word
化 huà
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle
Example phrases
- 一旦考核指标过度僵化，基层干部就会倾向于机械应付。 Yídàn kǎohé zhǐbiāo guòdù jiānghuà, jīcéng gànbù jiù huì qīngxiàng yú jīxiè yìngfù. Once assessment indicators become excessively rigid, grassroots officials tend to respond mechanically.
- 公司的制度太僵化，新想法很难被接受。 Gōngsī de zhìdù tài jiānghuà, xīn xiǎngfǎ hěn nán bèi jiēshòu. The company's rules are too rigid, and new ideas are hard to accept.
- 思想一旦僵化，人就不愿意学新东西了。 Sīxiǎng yídàn jiānghuà, rén jiù bú yuànyì xué xīn dōngxi le. Once thinking ossifies, a person no longer wants to learn new things.