jìng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) quiet; calm; old form of 静 in this sense

Examples

Jìng shì ānjìng yì de jìng de gǔ xiěfǎ.
This is an old written form of 静 in the sense of quiet and calm.

Tips

history
is not used in modern Chinese; in classical texts it means quiet and at peace, an older equivalent of (it also appears in , fabricated talk). It is plus the phonetic , the same phonetic in and .
register
Classical only; always write (as in 安静) today.

Components

radical
to stand
is the stand radical, a person standing on the ground. Here it is the indexing element; the quietness sense comes from being still, standing settled and at rest.
phonetic
zhēng
to contend (phonetic)
supplies the sound, drifted from zhēng to jìng. It is the very same phonetic that gives the reading in and .

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Stroke Order

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