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巠

jīng

warp (textile)

Depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom. Original form of 經.

Evolution

巠 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
巠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
巠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𢀖 (巠) 

jīng

flowing water; warp (textile); archaic variant of 經|经[jīng]

巠  

jīng

underground watercourse

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

羥

Sound component in 14 characters (4 verified)

經 輕 徑 勁 頸 氫 莖 痙 脛 逕 烴 陘 誙 蛵

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

經

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

涇 弳

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.lˤeŋ

keng

jīng

a vein of water (Shuōwén)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

𢀖

Unicode

U+5DE0

Shuowen

“巠，水脈也。从川在一下，一，地也。省聲。一曰水冥巠也。，古文巠不省。”


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