Chinese Character Wiki
进

jìn

advance

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 進.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

井 sound,simplified component

井  Sound Simplified component

jǐng

  

well

Simplified from 隹 in the traditional character 進.

Evolution

进 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
进 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
进 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
进 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
进 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

进 (進) 

jìn

advance, make progress, enter; to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

Most common words with 进
Freq.
Word
Meaning

进行

to advance

进

to advance

进入

to enter

进来

to come in

进去

to go in

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 98.3822% of movies

152nd most common character in movies

81st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

進

Unicode

U+8FDB


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