jīng
warp (textile)
Depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom. Original form of 經.
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*k.lˤeŋ | keng | jīng | a vein of water (Shuōwén) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5DE0 |
Shuowen | “巠,水脈也。从川在一下,一,地也。省聲。一曰水冥巠也。,古文巠不省。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.804
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