(jìn)

HSK 7-910 strokesTrad.

surname Jin

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
jìn
Meaning
surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晋 (265–316), Eastern Jin 东晋 (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1 xi1]
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱亚日

An advance to the second 亚 day 日

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : A platform 一 raised on stilts 厶

How to write step by step

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jìnshēng
HSK 7-9

to promote to a higher position

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jìn

Kuching (city in Malaysia)

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níngjìn

see 宁晋县

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hòujìn

Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)

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to confer a title an official position

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Abe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012…

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xīnjìn

(of a role or status) newly appointed; newly become; newly minted

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jìnzhōng

see 晋中市

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