兼
Ideographic: A hand holding two sheafs of grain 禾Radical: 八
meaning for 兼 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