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矜

jīn

pity

Phonosemantic compound. 矛 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound.

Components
矛 meaning component

矛  Meaning component

máo

  

spear

今 sound component

今  Sound component

jīn

  

now

Evolution

矜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

矜  

jīn

pity, feel sorry for, show sympathy; to boast; to esteem; to sympathize

Most common words with 矜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

矜持

reserved

矜

to boast

骄矜

haughty

矜贵

high-born

自矜

to boast

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k-riŋ (dialect: *k-r- > k-, *-iŋ > MC -ing)

king

jīn

pity (v.)

*k-riŋ

king

jīn

boastful

*griŋ

gin

qín

kind of lance


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3661st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+77DC

Shuowen

“矜，矛柄也。从矛，今聲。”


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