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廑

qín / jǐn
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 diligent; earnest

Examples

HSK 7-9
旧时书信里廑表示殷切挂念。
Jiùshí shūxìn lǐ qín biǎoshì yīnqiè guàniàn.
In old letters it borrows the sense of earnest, attentive concern.
HSK 7-9
廑念就是殷切地关心。
Qín niàn jiù shì yīnqiè de guānxīn.
Earnest concern means attentive, heartfelt care.

Tips

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Read qín, 廑 is a literary variant of 勤, used in old epistolary phrases like 廑念 (to think of someone with earnest concern). Rare in modern Chinese.

Components

radical
广 guǎng
shelter; building
广 is the lean-to shelter radical, drawn as a roof over an open side. It marks this as a kind of building, here a small, humble hut.
phonetic
堇 jǐn
yellow clay
堇 supplies the sound jǐn, matching its own reading. It also drives the qín reading and appears in the same family as 勤 and 谨.

Stroke Order

廑 qín