(qīng)

10 strokes

high ranking official (old)

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Character information

Pinyin
qīng
Meaning
high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
Strokes
10
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿴卯?

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How to write step by step

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Words with

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jiǔqīng

the nine top officials (in imperial China)

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gōngqīng

high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor

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jiǒngqīng

minister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding

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qīngqīng

to bill and coo (idiom)

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Secretary of State

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