jīng
bright, crystal
Pictograph of 3 bright stars (日).
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tseŋ | tsjeng | jīng | bright, limpid |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.1189% of movies
2072nd most common character in movies
1725th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+6676 |
Shuowen | “晶,精光也。从三日。” |
Sources
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