jìng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (of a woman) slender and graceful
  2. 2 (of a woman) talented and virtuous

Examples

HSK 1
Hěnduō nǚhái de míngzi lǐ yǒu jìng zì.
Many girls have the character jing in their given name.
HSK 7-9
Zhège míngzi zànměi nǚzǐ miáotiao yǒucái.
The name praises a woman as slender and gifted.

Tips

culture
Chiefly a given-name character for girls, carrying the literary sense of a woman who is both slender and graceful and clever and virtuous, a flattering choice for a daughter's name.

Components

radical
woman
Left-side woman radical . The character describes a graceful, gifted woman, so the woman radical carries the meaning.
phonetic
qīng
green; (here) sound
Right side supplies the sound (jìng); it is the phonetic in a large family including and .

Stroke Order

jìng