竟(jìng)

HSK 411 strokes

unexpectedly

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Character information

Pinyin
jìng
Meaning
unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 竟 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱音儿

A person 儿 finishing a musical piece 音

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

Made of

音yīn儿ér

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 竟 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 竟

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

jiū究jìng竟
HSK 4

to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in …

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jìng竟rán然
HSK 4

unexpectedly

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bì毕jìng竟
HSK 5

after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis

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jìng竟gǎn敢
HSK 7-9

to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to

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wèi未jìng竟

unfinished; incomplete

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yǒu有zhì志jìng竟chéng成

persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

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wèi未jìng竟zhī之zhì志

unfulfilled ambition

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Related characters

More HSK 4 characters

丈与严临之乎亚企

From 竟’s common words

究然毕敢未有志成

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