懂中文 Dong Chinese

勤

qín

industrious

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懃.

Components
力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

堇 sound component

堇  Sound component

jǐn

  

clay

Evolution

勤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
勤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
勤 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
勤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

勤  

qín

industrious, diligent, attentive; diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant

勤 (懃) 

qín

variant of 勤[qín]; solicitous

Most common words with 勤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

勤

diligent

勤奋

hardworking

辛勤

hardworking

后勤

logistics

执勤

to be on duty (of a security guard etc)