井 (jǐng)
Well (water source).
How 井 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- Traditional
- 井
- Simplified
- 井 (unchanged)
Common words using 井
- 王府井 wángfǔjǐng
- Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping
- 井井有條 jǐngjǐngyǒutiáo
- everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
- 井口 jǐngkǒu
- entrance to mine
- 井噴 jǐngpēn
- (oil) blowout; surge; gush
- 井岡山 jǐnggāngshān
- Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
- 井底之蛙 jǐngdǐzhīwā
- the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom); fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
- 井然 jǐngrán
- tidy, methodical
- 井然有序 jǐngrányǒuxù
- everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
- 坐井觀天 zuòjǐngguāntiān
- lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
- 天井 tiānjǐng
- courtyard; patio; veranda
- 市井 shìjǐng
- marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu)
- 水井 shuǐjǐng
- (water) well
井 in a sentence
這口井的水很清澈。
Zhè kǒu jǐng de shuǐ hěn qīngchè.
“The water in this well is very clear.”
How common is 井?
井 is the 1,429th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94% of all running text.
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