Chinese Character Wiki
井

jǐng

well

Pictograph of the opening of a water well.

Evolution

井 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
井 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
井 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
井 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

井  

jǐng

well, mine shaft, pit; a well; CL:口[kǒu]; neat; orderly

井  

Jǐng

Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing

Most common words with 井
Freq.
Word
Meaning

井

a well

矿井

a mine

油井

oil well

井井有条

everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy

钻井

a borehole

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

阱

Sound component in 8 characters (5 verified)

进 形 青 讲 刑 耕 阱 肼

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

丹

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

进

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.tseŋʔ

tsjengX

jǐng

well (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 6.9678% of movies

1881st most common character in movies

1431st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+4E95

Shuowen

“井，八家一井。象構韓形。‧，之象也。古者伯益初作井。”


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