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jìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jìn | jin4
English translation
to advance; to increase; to promote

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About jìn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

jìn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A platform  raised on stilts 

Etymology of jìn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿳厶厶一日

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Words with jìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
晋级 jìn jí promotion晉級
Jìn surname Jin jìn
晋升 jìnshēng to promote to a higher position晉升
晋江 Jìn jiāng Jinjiang county level city in Quanzhou 泉州 Quán zhōu [Quán​zhōu], Fujian晉江
魏晋 Wèi Jìn Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties魏晉
安倍晋三 Ān bèi Jìn sān Abe Shinzo (1954-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012安倍晉三
东晋 Dōng Jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420東晉
晋江市 Jìn jiāng shì Jinjiang county level city in Quanzhou 泉州 Quán zhōu [Quán​zhōu], Fujian晉江市
晋见 jìn jiàn to have an audience with晉見
晋城 Jìn chéng Jincheng prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 晉城
福晋 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife福晉
西晋 Xī Jìn Western Jin dynasty (265-316)西晉
晋中 Jìn zhōng Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 晉中
晋察冀 Jìn Chá Jì Shanxi 山西 Shān xī , Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔 Chá hā ěr and Hebei 河北 Hé běi (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)晉察冀
晋城市 Jìn chéng shì Jincheng prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 晉城市
晋书 Jìn shū History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ [Er​shí​sì​Shǐ], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄 Fáng Xuán líng [Fáng​Xuán​líng] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 Táng cháo [Táng​cháo], 130 scrolls晉書
晋州 Jìn zhōu Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei晉州
晋代 Jìn dài Jin Dynasty (265-420)晉代
晋中市 Jìn zhōng shì Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 晉中市
后晋 Hòu Jìn Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)後晉
晋安区 Jìn ān qū Jin'an district of Fuzhou city 福州市 Fú zhōu shì [Fú​zhōu​shì], Fujian晉安區
阮晋勇 Ruǎn Jìn yǒng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam (2006-)阮晉勇
晋安 Jìn ān Jin'an district of Fuzhou city 福州市 Fú zhōu shì [Fú​zhōu​shì], Fujian晉安
晋文公 Jìn Wén gōng Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 Chūn qiū Wǔ bà 晉文公

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