泾 (jīng) · the Jing River (tributary of the Wei in NW China)

Meanings

1 the Jing River (tributary of the Wei in NW China)

Characters

泾

jīng

the Jing River

Examples

HSK 7-9

泾渭分明，比喻是非界限清楚。

Jīngwèifēnmíng, bǐyù shìfēi jièxiàn qīngchu.

"The Jing and Wei rivers are clearly distinct" means right and wrong are sharply separated.

HSK 7-9

泾河发源于宁夏，在陕西汇入渭河。

Jīng hé fā yuán yú Níngxià, zài Shǎnxī huìrù wèi hé.

The Jing River rises in Ningxia and joins the Wei in Shaanxi.

Tips

culture

The clear Jing meeting the muddy Wei produced the idiom 泾渭分明, used whenever a distinction between good and bad, or right and wrong, is unmistakable.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

氵 is the water radical 水 in its three-drop left-side form, marking 泾 as the name of a river.

phonetic

巠 jīng

underground watercourse

The right side is a contracted form of 巠, which supplies the jīng sound. The same phonetic gives 经, 径, and 茎 their reading.

Stroke Order

泾 jīng

Related Words

泾渭分明 jīngwèi-fēnmíng #51,896

as clearly separated as the Jing and Wei rivers / a sharp distinction between right and wrong / clearly demarcated

江 jiāng HSK 4 #7,445

river (large) / the Yangtze River (when used alone)

派 pài HSK 5 #559

tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / style; manner / to send; to dispatch; to allocate; to appoint / classifier for factions, groups / classifier for a scene, atmosphere, sound, or demeanor / pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio / pie

华 huá #3,908

China; Chinese (in compounds) / magnificent; splendid / prosperous; flourishing

北方 běifāng HSK 3 #5,468

the north / northern China

南方 nánfāng HSK 3 #2,940

the south / southern China

大陆 dàlù HSK 7-9 #5,518

mainland; continent / mainland China (in context of Taiwan/HK)

两岸 liǎng'àn HSK 6 #42,913

both banks (of a river) / both sides / cross-strait (Taiwan and mainland China)

河 hé HSK 3 #2,186

river

洛 luò #1,737

Luo River / used in transliterations