錦 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jǐn

brocade

Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 釒; 釒 also provides the pronunciation

Components

jīn

metal

帛 Meaning component

bó

silks

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jǐn

brocade, tapestry; embroidered; brocade; embroidered work; bright

Most common words with 錦

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	锦标赛	championships
	胡锦涛	Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
	锦	brocade
	世锦赛	world championship
	什锦	mixed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*Cə.k(r)[ə]mʔ	kimX	jǐn	brocade

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.7642% of movies

2448th most common character in movies

1947th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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