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瑾

jǐn
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

怀瑾握瑜比喻人有美好的品德。
Huáijǐnwòyú bǐyù rén yǒu měihǎo de pǐndé.
To 'hold jade in the breast' means to keep one's noble qualities within.
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