jīng refined; semen

Made up of [ rice radical 119, qīng green; blue radical 174]
Made with 14 strokes.
Combines 'rice' and phonetic 'qing' with concept that starch from rice resembles semen which is considered the divine essence

Related characters


Also uses component: lóu (multi-story building) (to bewilder) ; (riddle) ; táng (sugar) ; zhān (to glue)
Also uses qīng component: jīng (eye) qǐng (please) ; qíng (affection) ; qíng (clear sky) ; qīng (clear)

Sounds same

jīng (capital) ; jīng (Classic) ; jīng (to start) ; jīng (eye)

Different tone

jǐng ; jǐng (well) ; jǐng (bright)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

精卫填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi Even the mythical bird Jing Wei will be unable to fill the oceans with pebbles. Facing a Herculean task. Determined against impossible odds. The story is of Jing Wei who was the daughter of Emperor Yan. A great typhoon came and killed her and she was then transformed into a bird. In revenge for her early death she determined to fill up the ocean by filling it with pebbles one by one.