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jīng

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jīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jīng | jing1
English translation
whale

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About jīng

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

jīng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

fish

Etymology of jīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

魚京

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Jīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Jīng represents the sound. Simplified form of jīng .

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Words with jīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jīng whale jīng
鲸鱼 jīng yú whale鯨魚
白鲸 bái jīng beluga白鯨
蓝鲸 lán jīng blue whale藍鯨
抹香鲸 mǒ xiāng jīng cachalot抹香鯨
鲸鲨 jīng shā whale shark鯨鯊
须鲸 xū jīng baleen whale鬚鯨
座头鲸 zuò tóu jīng humpback whale座頭鯨
齿鲸 chǐ jīng toothed whales齒鯨
鲸鱼座 Jīng yú zuò Cetus (constellation)鯨魚座

jīng Decomposition & Compounds

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