jīng
essence
Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jīng
essence; semen; spirit; extract; vitality; energy; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tseŋ | tsjeng | jīng | fine rice; pure |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 72.3370% of movies
492nd most common character in movies
435th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+7CBE |
Shuowen | “精，擇也。从米，青聲。” |
Sources
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