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瑾

jǐn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fine jade; the luster of a beautiful gem
  2. 2 a fine virtue

Examples

HSK 7-9
怀瑾握瑜比喻人有美好的品德。
Huáijǐn-wòyú bǐyù rén yǒu měihǎo de pǐndé.
To 'hold jade in the breast' means to keep one's noble qualities within.
HSK 7-9
她的名字用了瑾字，意思是美玉。
Tā de míngzi yòng le jǐn zì, yìsi shì měiyù.
Her name uses the character jǐn, meaning fine jade.

Tips

culture
瑾 pairs with 瑜 (also fine jade) in 瑾瑜 and the praise 怀瑾握瑜 ('to cherish jade in one's bosom'), a metaphor for inner virtue. It is a very common given-name character.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (left-side form of 玉)
On the left this is the jade radical (the left-side form of 玉), not 'king'; it marks the word as a kind of fine jade.
phonetic
堇 jǐn
yellow clay (phonetic)
堇 supplies the sound jǐn; the same phonetic appears in 谨 and 勤, and it carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

瑾 jǐn