• 1643rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (Jin4)surname Jin • the Jin Dynasties (265-420) • Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) • short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1 xi1]
2. jìn (jin4)to move forward • to promote • to advance

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

晋升 (晉升)
晋江 (晉江)
晋级 (晉級)

Uncommon

晋城 (晉城)
晋安区 (晉安區)
晋江市 (晉江市)
东晋 (東晉)
福晋 (福晉)
魏晋 (魏晉)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.