jìn

advance

An advance to the second  day 

Components
亚 meaning component

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Asia

日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

Evolution

晋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
晋 Bronze script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Bronze script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
晋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
晋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
晋 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
晋 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jìn

advance, increase; promote; to move forward; to promote; to advance

() 

Jìn

surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265-420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xī​Jìn] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dōng​Jìn] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946); short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shān​xī]

Most common words with 晋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

晋级

promotion

surname Jin

晋升

to promote to a higher position

晋江

Jinjiang county level city in Quanzhou 泉州[Quán​zhōu], Fujian

魏晋

Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.7733% of movies

1996th most common character in movies

1645th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+664B


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