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  *静* | 静* | *静
still / calm / quiet / not moving
HSK 3
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  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
HSK 6
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  *净* | 净* | *净
clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role
HSK 6
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  *景* | 景* | *景
(bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight
HSK 6
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  *井* | 井* | *井
a well / CL: / neat / orderly
HSK 6
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  *净* | 净* | *净
variant of 淨|净
HSK 6
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
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  *竟* | 竟* | *竟
unexpectedly / actually / to go so far as to / indeed
HSK 7-9
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  *惊* | 惊* | *惊
to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm
HSK 7-9
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  *敬* | 敬* | *敬
(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely
HSK 7-9
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  *茎* | 茎* | *茎
stalk / stem / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
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  *京* | 京* | *京
surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority / abbr. for Beijing 北京
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  *京* | 京* | *京
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)
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  *经* | 经* | *经
surname Jing
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  *婧* | 婧* | *婧
(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented
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  *劲* | 劲* | *劲
stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful
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  *鲸* | 鲸* | *鲸
whale
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  *旌* | 旌* | *旌
banner / make manifest
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  *警* | 警* | *警
to alert / to warn / police
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  *景* | 景* | *景
surname Jing
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  *璟* | 璟* | *璟
luster of gem
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  *镜* | 镜* | *镜
mirror / lens
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  *菁* | 菁* | *菁
leek flower / lush / luxuriant
Jing county in Hengshui 衡水, Hebei
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  *境* | 境* | *境
border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory
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  *晶* | 晶* | *晶
crystal
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  *井* | 井* | *井
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
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  *竞* | 竞* | *竞
to compete / to contend / to struggle
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  *腈* | 腈* | *腈
acrylic
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  *径* | 径* | *径
footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly
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  *颈* | 颈* | *颈
neck
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  *荆* | 荆* | *荆
chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus) / alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国
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  *肼* | 肼* | *肼
hydrazine
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  *靖* | 靖* | *靖
surname Jing
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  *靖* | 靖* | *靖
(bound form) peaceful / (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
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  *靓* | 靓* | *靓
to make up (one's face) / to dress / (of one's dress) beautiful
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  *兢* | 兢* | *兢
to be fearful / apprehensive
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  *泾* | 泾* | *泾
Jing River
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  *痉* | 痉* | *痉
spasm
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  *瀞* | 瀞* | *瀞
(archaic) clean
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  *胫* | 胫* | *胫
lower part of leg
Jing County or Jingxian, a county in Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
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  *睛* | 睛* | *睛
eye; eyeball
Jing'an county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
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  *阱* | 阱* | *阱
pitfall / trap
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  *憬* | 憬* | *憬
awaken
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  *暻* | 暻* | *暻
bright
as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different
lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
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  *倞* | 倞* | *倞
strong / powerful
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  *儆* | 儆* | *儆
to warn / to admonish
Jing Nahiyisi or Jinghe county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
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  *刭* | 刭* | *刭
cut the throat
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  *凊* | 凊* | *凊
(literary) cold; cool; chilly
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  *鼱* | 鼱* | *鼱
used in 鼩鼱
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  *獍* | 獍* | *獍
a mythical animal that eats its mother
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  *麖* | 麖* | *麖
red deer
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  *弪* | 弪* | *弪
radian (math.) / now written 弧度
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  *麠* | 麠* | *麠
red deer / sambar deer
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  *迳* | 迳* | *迳
variant of 徑|径 / used in the names of people and places
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  *璥* | 璥* | *璥
(gem)
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  *胫* | 胫* | *胫
variant of 脛|胫
Jing'an district, central Shanghai
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  *阱* | 阱* | *阱
variant of
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  *坕* | 坕* | *坕
old variant of 經|经
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  *経* | 経* | *経
Japanese variant of 經|经
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  *坓* | 坓* | *坓
variant of
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  *巠* | 巠* | *巠
underground watercourse / archaic variant of 經|经
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  *丼* | 丼* | *丼
old variant of
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  *浄* | 浄* | *浄
Japanese variant of 淨|净
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  *䲔* | 䲔* | *䲔
old variant of 鯨|鲸
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  *汫* | 汫* | *汫
old variant of / used in 汫濙|汫𣸨
Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
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  *婙* | 婙* | *婙
old variant of
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
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  *頚* | 頚* | *頚
old variant of 頸|颈
Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Jing'an county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
Yuan Jing (1911-1999), writer, dramatist and film critic
Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京胡
Jing Nahiyisi or Jinghe county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)
(literary) to pass through / straight / path
Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics
"Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Li Wei Gong / Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖
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  *粳* | 粳* | *粳
variant of
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  *粳* | 粳* | *粳
variant of
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  *粳* | 粳* | *粳
round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) / Taiwan pr. [geng1]
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路
(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨|净 role


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