Ideographic: A hand holding two sheafs of grain 禾Radical:

meaning for jiān:

  • - double
  • - twice
  • - simultaneous
  • - holding two or more (official) posts at the same timeto annex
  • - to take over
  • - to acquireto attend simultaneously to two or more things
  • - to balance (career and family, family and education etc)to hold several jobs at once
  • - concurrent post
  • - working part-timeto hold concurrent posts
  • - concurrent job
  • - moonlightingan overall plan taking into account all factors